A new road map shows how to prevent pandemics
Keeping ecosystems healthy can minimize viral jumps between wildlife and humans
![A spectacled flying fox](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/041724_br_spillover_feat-new.jpeg?fit=1030%2C580&ssl=1)
Hendra virus can jump from spectacled flying foxes (one shown) to horses to humans when the fruit bats seek out food sources in agricultural or urban areas during winter.