Yesterday, more than 100 organizations urged the United States Congress to address the trade of wildlife and habitat destruction, the root causes of emerging zoonotic diseases like COVID-19 that have erupted throughout the world over the past several decades.
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100 Groups Urge U.S. Congress To Address COVID-19 Causes: Wildlife Trade & Habitat Destruction
By Lauren Lewis
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