Disease X: Hunting the Next Pandemic
Dr Chris van Tulleken is on a global hunt to uncover a virus deadlier than Covid-19. Source link
Covid-19: Children and teenagers share impact of pandemic in new report
Branwen JeffreysEducation Editor andErica WitheringtonBBCWhen lockdown started, college student Sam was living with his mum because his parents were separated.Then his dad died unexpectedly, leaving him feeling that "something had…
World Health Organization agrees legally binding pandemic treaty
Members of the World Health Organization (WHO) have agreed the text of a legally binding treaty designed to better tackle future pandemics.The pact is meant to avoid the disorganisation and…
Bill Gates predicts the next COVID19 like pandemic: “The chance of a pandemic is…” – ET HealthWorld
New Delhi: Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates predicts a sobering scenario for global health, estimating a 10-15per cent chance of another pandemic emerging within the next four years, according to a…
Government to lead UK emergency pandemic exercise in autumn
Emergency service teams, local councils and government officials will take part in a full, multi-day pandemic preparedness exercise, to help the UK prepare for potential future threats.The test, which is…
Government to lead UK emergency pandemic exercise in autumn
Emergency service teams, local councils and government officials will take part in a full, multi-day pandemic preparedness exercise, to help the UK prepare for potential future threats.The test, which is…
Covid origins: Genetic ghosts suggest pandemic started in market
Getty ImagesRacoon dogs are implicated as one of the potential animals that could have been the source of CovidA team of scientists say it is “beyond reasonable doubt” the Covid…
Covid inquiry: NHS was ‘creaking at seams’ when pandemic hit
The NHS was “creaking at the seams” when the pandemic hit – and this undermined the care given to both coronavirus patients and those needing treatment for other conditions, the…
Covid inquiry: ‘I grieve the person I was before the pandemic’
BBCMandi Masters, a community midwife, was hospitalised with Covid in the pandemic.The public inquiry into the pandemic will start 10 weeks of hearings on Monday looking at the impact on…
How the UK planned for the wrong pandemic
Getty ImagesEven as Covid hit, the government and its health officials were bullish in their confidence about their ability to cope.Dr Jenny Harries, then the deputy chief medical officer for…