UK launches world-first genetic surveillance system to combat future pandemics
Independent - 30-Jan-2025Revolutionizing disease detection to safeguard against future health threats
Pandemics
Hopefully technology will one day be able to eliminate potential killers before they start to spread - but until then its necessary to be vigilant to the pandemics that don't differentiate between those with a plan to live forever and those without.
What's the chance of a deadly disease annihilating the world's population? Some of the key factors are:
- ease of transmission - by contact or air
- is it infectious before symptoms so that public health measures can be used?
- how deadly is it? lots of novel flus are no worse than seasonal ones
- can it be prevented or treated?
Read more about: Coronavirus, Ebola.
Pandemics News
COVID-19 pandemic lowered life expectancy in many countries
Oxford Population Health - 20-Dec-2024Japan and South Korea had minimal effects, while cancer deaths generally fell
How close is H5N1 bird flu to becoming airborne?
New Scientist - 05-Dec-2024A single mutation could unlock the virus's potential for human-to-human transmission
Khondrion and Amsterdam UMC join forces to combat persistent post-COVID symptoms
Khondrion - 08-Nov-2024Phase 2 trial on sonlicromanol to test its ability in improving patient's symptoms & quality of life
Pandemics Resources
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Deadliest Enemy: Our War Against Killer Germs
Book that will help you to keep safe from infectious diseases written by Michael Osterholm and Mark Olshaker
Hacking Healthcare
Tom Lawry writing about how AI and the intelligence revolution will reboot an ailing system
World Health Organization (WHO)
Specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health
Homeland Security Digital Library Pandemics and Epidemics
Including response plans for avian influenza, Ebola and Zika virus
04-Feb-2021
Have you had coronavirus? UK COVID-19 antibody tests from £65
Comparison of UK mail and clinic tests, plus a review of the Medichecks test
25-Jan-2021
Types of coronavirus tests, and how accurate are they?
Do you know the difference between sensitivity and specificity?
14-Jan-2021
How To Boost Your Immune System
Help your body to help yourself with these easy tips on improving your immune system
27-Apr-2020
Summary of London Futurists’ Engineering Greater Human Resilience Panel Discussion
Interesting thoughts from an international panel of futurists
