How likely is the next global pandemic?

Think Ebola is alarming? Scientists expect a much deadlier virus to emerge in the not-too-distant future.

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Frances Weaver

Frances Weaver is a senior editor at The Week magazine. Originally from the U.K., she has written for the Daily Telegraph, The Spectator and Standpoint magazine.

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