The ominously named Disease X could potentially trigger the next major pandemic, a medical expert has cautioned, while also expressing concern that the world is ill-prepared for a sudden surge in ...

Plunging vaccination rates allow outbreaks to occur, and even states that have vaccination rates above 90 percent are ...

Before the COVID pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) had made a list of priority infectious diseases. These were felt to pose a threat to international public health, but where research was ...

Another pandemic like COVID-19 is all but guaranteed, according to public health experts. Whether it happens next year or a decade from now, these massive public health emergencies naturally happen on ...

During 2024, the number of pandemic-prone and epidemic-prone disease outbreaks worldwide was estimated at 301. The data highlight a shift in disease outbreak patterns, with a decline in the number of ...

Colourised scanning electron micrograph of a cell (green) infected with the Omicron strain of SARS-CoV-2 virus particles (gold) (Getty) Health officials in Britain have published a first-of-its-kind ...

The onset of the Covid-19 pandemic five years ago underscored the importance of diagnostic and vaccine developers to treat and prevent infectious diseases. Infectious disease is a theme for the INVEST ...

At the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos Switzerland this past week, leaders were discussing what to do about Disease X. This wasn’t about what the heck has happened to the social media platform ...