Climate change could unleash a cascade of deadly viruses that will wreak “absolute chaos” around the world, experts warn, as they urge the medical community to prepare and take action to combat global warming. The experts point to the recent emergence and spread of harmful pathogens, many of which are transmitted from animal to human or human to human — a trend that climate change is accelerating. “Clinicians must be prepared to deal with the changing infectious disease landscape,” said the study’s lead author, George R. Thompson. (Adam Chapman, more at gbnews.com)