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Dr. Neil Vora discusses how ebola and hantavirus serve as climate warnings and the solutions available to combat these diseases.

“The solution is right at our fingertips,” says doctor and disease detective Dr. Neil Vora, talking about why ebola and hantavirus are also climate warnings on the Climate Curious podcast. From halting deforestation, to safeguarding animal farms, and cracking down on commercial wildlife trafficking, Neil shares the solutions we already have that could help us halt these devastating diseases. Read more: https://time.com/article/2026/05/22/the-ebola-and-hantavirus-outbreaks-offer-an-ominous-warning/ Join the Climate Curious conversation on socials: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/climatecuriouspod/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@climatecuriouspod YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtF6xzNkVIczlDmVcH8FCMA LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/10996041/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TEDxLondon Website: https://tedxlondon.com/podcast/ All other links: https://linktr.ee/climatecuriouspod   Created by TEDxLondon Executive produced by Josie Colter Produced by Ben Beheshty Curated by Deesha Chandra Hosted by Maryam Pasha and Ben Hurst Communications by Tara Cooper and Issey Gladston Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Maryam Pasha, Ben Hurst

Guest: Dr. Neil Vora

Topics covered

• disease
• climate change
• public health
• wildlife trafficking
• deforestation

Keywords

• ebola
• hantavirus
• climate warnings
• disease prevention
• wildlife trafficking

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Organizations: TEDxLondon, Climate Curious, Acast, Time

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