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Scientists in China discover 20 new bat viruses, including Nipah-like strains linked to fatal brain inflammation. Experts ...
Researchers have raised “urgent concerns” after discovering two new bat viruses in China with the potential to infect humans and cause severe brain inflammation and respiratory disease.
Biological risk consultants forecast the impacts and opportunities of epidemics.
SCIENTISTS have raised “urgent concerns” over new viruses discovered in bats which have the potential to spill over into ...
Five years removed from the onset of Covid-19's global sweep, research into another subset of the coronavirus has scientists ...
Colorado has enhanced pandemic readiness with new public health technologies and staff following lessons from COVID-19.
By phasing out a committee that was a cornerstone of infection prevention in the U.S., the Trump administration is ...
Blog - The Mpox virus (formerly known as monkeypox) continues to make an unsettling return across several communities in West and Central African countries, with Sierra Leone becoming the latest ...
For many of us, the year 2020 might have been the first time we were introduced to epidemiological terms such as “pandemic”, “epidemic”, and even “endemic”, as Covid-19 began to spread ...
Endemic refers to an outbreak confined to a particular geographical area, epidemic refers to a more widespread outbreak, such as one affecting an entire nation and a pandemic describes an epidemic ...
Lassa fever is endemic in Nigeria and the annual peak of Lassa fever cases is ... “WHO’s scientific framework for epidemic and pandemic research preparedness is a vital shift in how the ...