A deadly, global pandemic hit five years ago; are we prepared for the next one?
This month marks five years since the COVID-19 pandemic began. The SARS-CoV-2 virus was circulating for months, likely ...
The four viruses that pose the biggest threat of a new pandemic in the UK
Health officials in Britain have published a first-of-its-kind list of the disease-causing viruses they believe pose the ...
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A new pandemic is expected and the UK still isn't prepared
Five years ago the country's first national lockdown began. Now, as Ebola, Mpox and bird flu are deemed 'high risk', experts ...
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Are we ready for the next pandemic?
Five years after COVID-19 reached pandemic status, public health experts reflect on what we learned—and how those lessons can ...
Q&A: Nobel Prize-winning researcher and BU grad discusses vaccine development, vaccine hesitancy, and preparing for another pandemic
Weissman was jointly awarded the 2023 Nobel Prize in Medicine with Katalin Karikó for discoveries which made COVID-19 ...
How the pandemic changed the world of disease control for worse — and for better
Five years after the World Health Organization declared a global pandemic, there has been progress — and backsliding in the ...
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UK Releases New Watchlist of High-Threat Pathogens
The UK Health Security Agency has developed a toolkit to guide research and preparedness efforts in biosecurity.
Are we more prepared for the next pandemic? Or less?
Local health experts say Greater Boston is generally more prepared for a pandemic now than it was in 2020, but headwinds ...
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Is Rhode Island ready for the next pandemic? Why you should be optimistic
“COVID-19 was a brand new virus, brand new pandemic. And we didn't have anything really in our clinical tool kit to respond to the pandemic in terms of no effective vaccines, no effective treatment ...