Viruses like SARS-CoV-2 don't respect boundaries, moving between species and continents and leaving destruction as they go. Beating the next pathogen with pandemic potential means getting good at ...

In a watershed moment for global public health, the 194 member states of the World Health Organization formally adopted the world’s first Pandemic Agreement by consensus today. This landmark decision ...

World Health Organization members on Saturday reached agreement over how to tackle future pandemics after three years of discussions, the co-chair of the negotiating body told AFP. "We have an accord ...

A Burnet study published today in the Medical Journal of Australia, titled "Preparing Australia for future pandemics: strengthening trust, social capital and resilience," discusses the need for the ...

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The COVID-19 pandemic demonstrated the speed at which infectious diseases can spread internationally and put a burden on ...

Outbreaks of new types of infections and, yes, even pandemics are becoming increasingly likely, and we need to prepare for not only the next one but also its long-lasting physical and mental effects, ...

More deadly pandemics are in store for the U.S. - and experts are sounding the alarms. Jennifer Nuzzo, an epidemiologist and the head of the Pandemic Center at Brown University’s School of Public ...

Dr Nivedita Gupta, Scientist and Head of the Communicable Diseases Division at the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), ...

Yeast-based protein expression systems will play an important role in future health emergencies, according to new analysis, which argues that the approach addresses some of the challenges associated ...

ICMR virologist Dr. Nivedita Gupta said the idea behind the initiative is that if India has a pan-family or prototype vaccine ...