The adoption of the WHO Pandemic Agreement by the World Health Assembly on 20 May 2025 was a landmark moment in global health ...

It’s a sign of paranoia or latent phycological issues exacerbated by the pandemic. It’s a symbol of the damage ... for the truth has led to an epidemic of irrational anxiety.

Even Maria Van Kerkhove, director of epidemic and pandemic prevention and preparedness at the WHO, admitted that the issue is a “confusing” one. The WHO continues to describe COVID-19 as a ...

Pandemic vs. epidemic An epidemic is when a virus spreads more than expected in a certain place. For example, the flu (influenza virus) spreads each winter in the U.S., but some years, it infects ...

Is the world ready for the next pandemic? An awkward question remains five years after Covid-19 began its deadly rampage: is the world ready to handle the next pandemic? After Covid struck, the ...

One of the reasons the influenza pandemic thrived in 1918 was because of overcrowded living conditions. Though influenza viruses spread most efficiently in cool, dry environments, the 1918 flu thrived ...

For her part, Maria Van Kerkhove, the American epidemiologist who heads the WHO's Department of Epidemic and Pandemic Prevention and Preparedness, emphasized that “many things have improved ...

Such measures are "essential for a fast and effective epidemic and pandemic response," Michael Ryan, executive director of WHO’s Health Emergencies Programme, said in 2022, adding that the ...

Inventing treatments and vaccines is only part of the battle in an epidemic and pandemic, according to Priti Krishtel, the co-founder of the Initiative for Medicines, Access, and Knowledge (I-MAK).

Three years after the pandemic’s start ... double-sided sculpture of the Tau cross. The cross is the symbol of St. Francis of Assisi, who shared the symbol with the sick and others.

"Targeting priority pathogens and virus families for research and development of countermeasures is essential for a fast and effective epidemic and pandemic response," said WHO emergencies ...