Researchers from around the world are increasing efforts to find animal populations that could start future human pandemics. The aim is to identify zoonotic diseases -- those that can spread from animals to humans. Coronaviruses, for example, can infect both animals and humans. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and prevention (CDC) says coronaviruses, like the new one affecting much of the world, “are common in people and many different species.” But, the CDC notes, “animal coronaviruses rarely infect people and then spread between people.” There have, however, been major disease outbreaks caused by coronaviruses in humans. Bats have been linked to some of them. Many scientists believe bats were the first carriers of the new coronavirus, which causes the disease COVID-19.
Title: New Bat Studies Aim to Prevent Future Pandemics
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4757/X.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='New Bat Studies Aim to Prevent Future Pandemics' data-article-id='5282'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='12875'>Researchers from around the world are increasing efforts to find animal populations that could start future human pandemics.</span> <span data-start-time='12875' data-end-time='23875'>The aim is to identify zoonotic diseases -- those that can spread from animals to humans.</span> <span data-start-time='23875' data-end-time='31583'>Coronaviruses, for example, can infect both animals and humans.</span> <span data-start-time='31583' data-end-time='48333'>The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and prevention (CDC) says coronaviruses, like the new one affecting much of the world, “are common in people and many different species.”</span> <span data-start-time='48333' data-end-time='59021'>But, the CDC notes, “animal coronaviruses rarely infect people and then spread between people.”</span> <span data-start-time='59021' data-end-time='68292'>There have, however, been major disease outbreaks caused by coronaviruses in humans.</span> <span data-start-time='68292' data-end-time='72333'>Bats have been linked to some of them.</span> <span data-start-time='72333' data-end-time='83604'>Many scientists believe bats were the first carriers of the new coronavirus, which causes the disease COVID-19.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button 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data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4757/disease_that_can_spread_from_animals_to_humans.wav'><span>disease that can spread from animals to humans</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4757/catching_a_cold_after_visiting_a_zoo.wav'><span>catching a cold after visiting a zoo</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4757/when_monkeys_catch_a_cold.wav'><span>when monkeys catch a cold</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4757/high_blood_pressure.wav'><span>high blood pressure</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=16484 data-hint-location='23875' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4757/what_is_true_about_coronaviruses.wav'>What is 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