{"id":6911,"date":"2026-02-09T20:26:57","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T20:26:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/?p=6911"},"modified":"2026-02-09T20:26:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T20:26:57","slug":"two-viruses-emerging-from-animals-could-be-the-next-major-public-health-threats-to-american-families-scientists-warn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/2026\/02\/09\/two-viruses-emerging-from-animals-could-be-the-next-major-public-health-threats-to-american-families-scientists-warn\/","title":{"rendered":"Two viruses emerging from animals could be the next \u2018major\u2019 public health threats to American families, scientists warn"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Scientists warn that two animal-borne viruses influenza D and a canine coronavirus strain could become major public health threats in the United States if they evolve to spread easily between humans. Influenza D has been found widely in livestock and some human exposures, and a strain in China has already shown human-to-human transmission potential. The canine coronavirus, while typically a dog pathogen, has been detected in humans in parts of Asia and the U.S., sometimes linked to respiratory illness. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Date:<\/strong> January 28, 2026. <strong>Source<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/health\/influenza-d-canine-coronavirus-viruses-threats-b2909585.html\">independent.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scientists warn that two animal-borne viruses influenza D and a canine coronavirus strain could become major public health threats in the United States if they evolve to spread easily between humans. Influenza D has been found widely in livestock and some human exposures, and a strain in China has already shown human-to-human transmission potential. The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":118,"featured_media":6914,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health-pandemics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6911","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/118"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6911"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6911\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7096,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6911\/revisions\/7096"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}