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Museums preserve clues that can help scientists predict and analyze future pandemics

  • Written by Pamela Soltis, Distinguished Professor and Curator, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida
imageSpecimens like these at Dublin's Natural History Museum contain valuable information about the evolution of pathogens and host organisms. Kieran Guckian, CC BY

In less than 20 years, communities around the globe have been hit by a string of major disease outbreaks: SARS, MERS, Ebola, Zika and now, COVID-19. Nearly all emerging infectious diseases...

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