With the world already counting the cost of the last global pandemic, another one is already on the horizon — and humanity doesn't have long to try and sort things out This article contains affiliate links, we will receive a commission on any sales we generate from it. Learn more A new pandemic could be on our way by the "end of today" if humans do not act (stock) (Image: Getty Images/Science Photo Library RF)

Scientists have worked out that humanity has until the end of today (December 13) to stop another pandemic. New research found it takes around two weeks for pandemics to start to take hold.

Figures have found the exact moment when animal-based illnesses make their way to humans, essentially stopping any chance to containing the disease. Despite the UK suffering from a s

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