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A field ecologist with the USAID-funded PREDICT Ebola Host Project uses mist netting to capture and study bats, an animal host species of the zoonotic Ebola virus.

Eyes on Disease X: Ranking the Next Pandemic

by Jane Fieldhouse, David Wolking, Nistara Randhawa, Timothy Endy, Angel Desai

University of California, Davis has expanded its SpillOver tool to assess the pandemic potential of dangerous pathogens

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A health worker fumigates an alley in a residential neighbourhood

Local Malaria and West Nile: Rallying Locally, Collaborating Globally

by Oloruntobi Dare

The United States should assess and prepare for the emerging threat of mosquito-borne illnesses

Genetically modified male Aedes aegypti mosquito
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America’s Battle Against Mosquito-Borne Diseases

by Michael Leedom

Locally transmitted malaria cases in the United States spark a need for more innovative control strategies