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This year has seen a growing trend for subtle rebrands vs big, flashy ones we've seen in years gone by. This has been demonstrated by the new looks for the likes of Amazon, Adobe and Walmart, which ...
The adoption of the WHO Pandemic Agreement by the World Health Assembly on 20 May 2025 was a landmark moment in global health.
An epidemiologist makes the case that a rush of research to stop a swine flu outbreak led to an accidental lab release of an extinct virus. Preparing for one pandemic triggered a different one.
World Health Organization (WHO) member countries adopted a new treaty on May 20, 2025, to improve international coordination and cooperation on the prevention of, preparation for, and response to ...
The first Pandemic Agreement in the world was formally adopted by consensus by the Member States of the World Health Organization, WHO on May 20, 2025.
Members of the World Health Organization adopted an agreement on Tuesday intended to improve preparedness for future pandemics following the disjointed global response to COVID-19, but the absence ...
WHO signs international pandemic response treaty without the U.S. As countries overwhelmingly passed a WHO global pandemic agreement, top U.S. health official Robert F. Kennedy Jr. invited states ...
Global pandemic treaty nears adoption, but key obstacle remains Countries can’t agree on how to share and compensate for pathogen data by Paula Dupraz-Dobias, special to C&EN ...
While the COVID-19 pandemic wasn’t an experience anyone wants to repeat, infections disease experts like [Dr. Pardis Sabeti] are looking at what we can do to prepare for the next one. While the ...
Global agreement on a pandemic preparedness plan came against all the odds. Now all parties must follow good intentions with concrete actions.
First global pandemic treaty agreed — without the US The World Health Organization accord promotes sharing scientific data in exchange for more-equitable distribution of drugs and vaccines.
The "next pandemic" is not "theoretical" but an "epidemiological certainty," WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.