Tuesday Spotlight, ADVISORY

EDITORS:

The following story will move Monday as this week’s Tuesday Spotlight, a feature showcasing the best off-the-news enterprise in the AP report:

RACING FOR A REMEDY-NEXT PANDEMIC

RIO DE JANEIRO -- Teams of researchers around the globe are now racing to study the places and species from which the next pandemic may emerge. Even as the world struggles with the devastation of COVID-19, scientists say this pandemic likely won’t be the last. It’s no coincidence that many scientists are focusing attention on the world’s only flying mammals — bats. Viruses that emerge from bats are more lethal in humans than those from other species. Scientists are probing the mysteries of bat immune systems and investigating strategies to minimize contact between humans and livestock with bats and other wild animals. By Christina Larson, Aniruddha Ghosal and Marcelo Silva de Sousa. UPCOMING: 1,800 words, photos, video, 950-word abridged version.

—The AP