Disease X, a term shrouded in mystery and caution, represents not a specific illness but a placeholder for the unexpected, a potential future pandemic that could surpass known diseases in impact.
Disease X' deaths could dwarf Covid and wipe out millions of victims at any time, medics fear, and although it doesn't yet ...
Covid-19 marked the world’s first encounter with a ‘Disease X’ scenario. Climate change and human encroachment on wildlife habitats increases the risk of exposure to deadly pathogens ...
The H5N1 virus likely spilled from birds into cows in late 2023, and spread undetected among cattle for months before the ...
Medical experts believe the flu is most likely to cause the next global pandemic, according to a new study. Covid-19 was the last deadly disease to cause a global pandemic, sweeping across the ...
A more equitable funding split between vaccines and antivirals may have reduced the Covid death toll by four million, experts ...
Today, global health officials are discussing how best to prepare for the next pandemic. “Disease X”, as they call it, is believed to be an inevitable prospect – a matter of “when”, not ...
Bats harbour hundreds of diseases that can be harmful to humans, as do pigs, birds and boar. So it’s their fault right? Wrong. In the second episode we speak to our scientists and experts about ...
Mina, MD, PhD, is the Chief Science Officer of eMed. He was previously assistant professor of epidemiology and immunology/infectious diseases at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health ...