article_snippet: Infectious diseases, such as Ebola and West Nile virus, will rapidly spread to new areas as a result of global warming.
article_snippet: This is according to zoologist, Professor Daniel Brooks, who warned last month that humans can expect to face new illnesses as climate change brings crops, livestock, and humans into contact with pathogens.
article_snippet: Professor Brooks says it will be 'the death of a thousand cuts' with society unable to keep up with the speed of disease as it spreads around the world. '
article_snippet: It's not that there's going to be one "Andromeda Strain" that will wipe everybody out on the planet,' Professor Brooks said, referring to the 1971 science fiction film about a deadly pathogen. '
article_snippet: There are going to be a lot of localised outbreaks that put a lot of pressure on our medical and veterinary health systems.'