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A team of researchers led by Penn State has been awarded $4 million from the National Science Foundation to investigate the elements that lead to the spread of Lassa virus from rodents to humans in Nigeria.
The virus that causes monkeypox was first discovered at the end of the 1950s, but it has undergone changes in the past four years that allow it to pass between humans more easily.
As deforestation and urbanisation drive people and animals into closer quarters, more viruses may make the jump to human hosts. Read more at straitstimes.com.