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The COVID-19 pandemic thrust into the global spotlight how infectious diseases originating in animals can have devastating effects on humans, something researchers have long known. On the front lines of that research was PREDICT, an epidemiological research program funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development...Its work highlighted the importance of early warning programs that engage epidemiologists and veterinarians to examine the kinds of interactions between humans and animals that researchers believe led to the pandemic.