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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Storm Newton

Animal-to-human diseases could kill 12 times as many people by 2050, study warns

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Certain diseases transmitted from animals to humans could kill 12 times as many people in 2050 than they did in 2020, researchers have claimed.

Experts from US biotech company Ginkgo Bioworks called for “urgent action” to address the risk to global public health.

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