Archive for October, 2018

EcoHealth Alliance Adds Author and Career Coach Lisa Silvershein to Its Board of Directors

NEW YORK – October 31, 2018 – EcoHealth Alliance, a nonprofit working at the…

If a Tree Won’t Grow in Brooklyn

Join us for lively discussion, talks by two scientists on the front-lines of the…

EcoHealth Alliance Receives Consultative Status to the United Nations Economic and Social Council

NEW YORK – October 26, 2018 – Recognizing its unique expertise, the United Nations…

In a World Without Bats

Bats are everywhere. Highly adaptable and extremely diverse, there are bats living in nearly…

What’s Needed to Do a Better Job of Pre-Empting Disease Outbreaks

Executive Vice President for Health and Policy Dr. William Karesh writes about the importance…

Nigeria’s Largest Lassa Fever Outbreak Sparked by Rats

EcoHealth Alliance President Peter Daszak reacts to preliminary results of testing conducted following an…

The Virome Hunters

EcoHealth Alliance is at the forefront of efforts to catalog viruses, both known and…

Dr. Peter Daszak Elected As a Member of the National Academy of Medicine

NEW YORK – October 15, 2018 – At its annual meeting Monday, the National…

Why Scientists Should Be Tracking a Catastrophic Pig Disease

More than 300,000 pigs have died or been culled as African swine fever spreads…

Notes from the Field: Saving Tiger

The island of Borneo in Southeast Asia is split between three nations: Indonesia, Brunei,…