WHO reaches global deal to strengthen pandemic preparedness
BBC - 17-Apr-2025Treaty boosts data sharing, fair access to medicines, and global pandemic response
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UK lists 24 diseases that could cause the next big health crisis
BBC - 24-Mar-2025Scientists aim to develop new vaccines and treatments before the next outbreak hits
UK launches world-first genetic surveillance system to combat future pandemics
Independent - 30-Jan-2025Revolutionizing disease detection to safeguard against future health threats
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
UK launches world’s first early warning system for faster pandemic detection
Innovation News Network - 06-Nov-2024The system will use genetic testing to identify infections quickly
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Inovio
Reshaping the future of treating and preventing cancer and infectious diseases by activating antigen-specific immune responses
Selva Therapeutics
Pharmaceutical company focused on the development of drugs for infectious and parasitic diseases
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
World Health Organization (WHO)
Specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health
Pandemics Blog Posts
04-Jun-2015
Doomsday virus - it could happen to us in the blink of an eye
Devastation of saiga antelope population is a good reminder of how quickly society could be wiped out
