Population growth and the spread of human activity into tropical forests and intact natural environments create the conditions for zoonotic viruses like COVID-19 to jump to humans. Humanity’s destruction of biodiversity has caused many pandemics before—HIV, Ebola, SARS, and dengue, to name only a few—and the profound health and economic impacts affect rich and poor countries alike.

 Other features from this issue:

The #Fight4HER Goes Virtual! Our grassroots activists are making it clear to their elected officials that global reproductive health needs to be a top priority, even in the face of this pandemic.

Social Distancing Isn't Stopping PopEd! PopEd staff has been hard at work supporting teachers with webinars, lessons plans, and resources geared towards distance learning.

Washington View Anti-choice legislators across the country are using the COVID-19 crisis to attack abortion access.

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