The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has provided a major update on the first human case of bird flu in the US with ...

Government-led negotiations on the world's first agreement to protect people from future pandemics made significant progress during the latest round of discussions that ended today at the World Health ...

Covid-19 underlined the critical importance of vaccines. The pandemic caused 16 million global deaths, and the current scare ...

The convergence of multiple flu strains in one animal can allow new virus strains to form—just as they did in past pandemics.

A new survey of epidemiology and infectious diseases experts evaluate how prepared we are for disease outbreaks and overall ...

Scientists are racing to understand how a person in Missouri who had no contact with animals became infected with H5 bird flu ...

Researchers at Cranfield University have developed an innovative new method for identifying biomarkers in wastewater using ...

A cheap new test using origami paper sensors can detect infectious diseases like COVID-19, much more quickly than current PCR ...

AI is increasingly being used to follow and prepare for new variants of coronavirus It's been dubbed "Disease X" - the next ...

More aggressive actions and better co-ordinated responses needed to contain viruses, say public health experts ...

This year’s Bale Boone Symposium, “An Evening with Emily St. John Mandel,” is an opportunity to sit with one of most ...

Give two examples of viruses that are currently causing concern and have the potential to spread globally Outline the ...