The ominously named Disease X could potentially trigger the next major pandemic, a medical expert has cautioned, while also expressing concern that the world is ill-prepared for a sudden surge in ...

Colourised scanning electron micrograph of a cell (green) infected with the Omicron strain of SARS-CoV-2 virus particles (gold) (Getty) Health officials in Britain have published a first-of-its-kind ...

Another pandemic like COVID-19 is all but guaranteed, according to public health experts. Whether it happens next year or a decade from now, these massive public health emergencies naturally happen on ...

Before the COVID pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) had made a list of priority infectious diseases. These were felt to pose a threat to international public health, but where research was ...

At the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos Switzerland this past week, leaders were discussing what to do about Disease X. This wasn’t about what the heck has happened to the social media platform ...

People who don't trust scientists. Nations that don't trust each other. And a lab in a suitcase. These are some of the ways the world has changed – for worse and for better – in the wake of the ...