Has the next pandemic already started?
8 months, 1 week ago

Has the next pandemic already started?

Al Jazeera  

New cases of avian flu are raising alarm of a possible new pandemic. It is crucial to avoid repeating mistakes from the COVID-19 pandemic, especially when dealing with H5N1, where the risks could be even greater due to its high mortality rate. Tests should be made available worldwide – including in low- and middle-income countries – and prioritised in populations where there is a likelihood of human exposure to the virus, like farms or veterinary clinics. Partnerships, like the Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator – which includes health leaders from the World Health Organization; the Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics ; Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance; and the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations – should be used to encourage governments and pharmaceutical groups to ensure the production of at-scale health countermeasures and that they are available to all countries. This unequal situation not only threatens national health security but also hinders the world’s ability to prevent an H5N1 pandemic if it is to emerge.

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After Covid, is the world well prepared for another pandemic?
1 week, 6 days ago

After Covid, is the world well prepared for another pandemic?

Firstpost  

The world was shaken to its core when the Covid pandemic hit in 2019 killing as many as seven million people across the world. Many unscrupulous people took advantage of the Covid pandemic, selling useless remedies for the condition, such as bleach, hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin. This made it very hard to deliver serious public health messages and interventions, especially to …

After Covid, is the world well prepared for another pandemic?
1 week, 6 days ago

After Covid, is the world well prepared for another pandemic?

Firstpost  

The world was shaken to its core when the Covid pandemic hit in 2019 killing as many as seven million people across the world. Many unscrupulous people took advantage of the Covid pandemic, selling useless remedies for the condition, such as bleach, hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin. This made it very hard to deliver serious public health messages and interventions, especially to …

What's been learned about disease monitoring from the COVID pandemic
2 weeks, 3 days ago

What's been learned about disease monitoring from the COVID pandemic

NPR  

What's been learned about disease monitoring from the COVID pandemic Are we more prepared to detect the start of a possible pandemic than we were in 2020? EMANUEL: Advances in disease surveillance are happening all over the world, including here in the U.S. Paul Friedrichs was a chief medical adviser for the military during COVID. EMANUEL: A Pew Research study …

The Take: Is the world ready for the next pandemic?
2 weeks, 6 days ago

The Take: Is the world ready for the next pandemic?

Al Jazeera  

Five years after COVID-19, how global inequity threatens our preparedness for the next pandemic. The clock is ticking down to the next pandemic, which could be deadlier than the last, as new zoonotic diseases emerge and global vaccine inequity persists. In this episode: Drew Ambrose – Al Jazeera journalist, Flatten the Curve Episode credits: This episode was produced by Chloe …

Emerging pathogens: what does the future hold?
1 month, 1 week ago

Emerging pathogens: what does the future hold?

The Hindu  

In the last century, advances in medical sciences, access to healthcare, and improved sanitation have reduced the mortality and morbidity of infectious diseases globally and regionally. In order to optimise R&D efforts, WHO further lists priority diseases caused by these pathogens for funding allocation including COVID-19, Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever, Ebola virus disease and Marburg virus disease, Lassa fever, Middle East …

Under Trump, we could be flying blind when it comes to bird flu, other infectious diseases
2 months, 1 week ago

Under Trump, we could be flying blind when it comes to bird flu, other infectious diseases

LA Times  

The United States is ground zero for the H5N1 bird flu. However, a note from a Human Services spokesman to a Times reporter on a different topic noted that the agency “issued a pause on mass communications and public appearances that are not directly related to emergencies or critical to preserving health.” The spokesman said the pause was temporary and …

5 years since its first COVID-19 case, how prepared is the U.S. for the next pandemic?
2 months, 1 week ago

5 years since its first COVID-19 case, how prepared is the U.S. for the next pandemic?

NPR  

5 years since its first COVID-19 case, how prepared is the U.S. for the next pandemic? SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Monday marks five years since the U.S. recorded its first case of COVID-19. Unless we really spend a lot of time building the trust in public health back, we could build all the systems in the world, and they won't work. …

Is the world ready for the next pandemic?
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Is the world ready for the next pandemic?

The Hindu  

An awkward question remains five years after Covid-19 began its deadly rampage: is the world ready to handle the next pandemic? View from the WHO Asked whether the world was better prepared for the next pandemic, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said recently: "Yes and no". "If the next pandemic arrived today, the world would still face some of the …

Covid originated in China’s Wuhan lab? There’s now ‘smoking gun’ evidence, says Rutgers scientist Richard Ebright
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Covid originated in China’s Wuhan lab? There’s now ‘smoking gun’ evidence, says Rutgers scientist Richard Ebright

Firstpost  

Referring to research proposals by Chinese scientists and their US collaborators, and the emergence of the same kind of virus near their lab at Wuhan a year later, scientist Richard Ebright says there is now smoking gun evidence for the laboratory-origin of Covid-19 pandemic in an interview with Firstpost’s Madhur Sharma Richard Ebright, a molecular biologist at Rutgers University, is …

"Concerning" bird flu mutations in Louisiana patient underscores pandemic potential of H5N1
2 months, 4 weeks ago

"Concerning" bird flu mutations in Louisiana patient underscores pandemic potential of H5N1

Salon  

In 2024, at least 66 human cases of bird flu have been reported in the United States, each one raising the risk of another pandemic like COVID-19. However, the public health agency said that the risk to the general public from the outbreak “has not changed and remains low.” Related Three mysterious bird flu cases worry experts that another pandemic …

Which infectious disease is likely to be biggest emerging problem in 2025?
3 months ago

Which infectious disease is likely to be biggest emerging problem in 2025?

The Hindu  

COVID emerged suddenly, spread rapidly and killed millions of people around the world. Indeed, bird flu can infect humans with 61 cases in the U.S. this year already, mostly resulting from farm workers coming into contact with infected cattle and people drinking raw milk. Coupling this with a 30% mortality rate from human infections, bird flu is quickly jumping up …

We ‘have our head in the sand’: Health experts warn US isn’t reacting fast enough to threat of bird flu
3 months ago

We ‘have our head in the sand’: Health experts warn US isn’t reacting fast enough to threat of bird flu

CNN  

CNN — The US hasn’t learned lessons from the Covid-19 pandemic that it could use to mitigate the threat of pathogens like H5N1 bird flu that keep showing signs of their own pandemic potential, health experts told CNN Friday. A spokesperson for the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention pushed back on Friday, telling CNN in a statement that …

This Disease Is Likely To Be Biggest Emerging Problem In 2025
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3 months ago

This Disease Is Likely To Be Biggest Emerging Problem In 2025

ABP News  

Nottingham, Dec 26 COVID emerged suddenly, spread rapidly and killed millions of people around the world. Indeed, bird flu can infect humans with 61 cases in the US this year already, mostly resulting from farm workers coming into contact with infected cattle and people drinking raw milk. Coupling this with a 30% mortality rate from human infections, bird flu is …

Letters to the Editor: L.A. Times’ coverage of the bird flu is a great public service
3 months ago

Letters to the Editor: L.A. Times’ coverage of the bird flu is a great public service

LA Times  

To the editor: Thanks to The Times’ editorial staff for publishing Dr. Peter Chin-Hong’s Dec. 20 opinion piece, “Bird flu is coming for humans. We can either get ready or court disaster.” Thanks also to The Times for its excellent coverage of the spread of H5N1 across our state and nation. As a physician who cared for patients, families and …

Why scientists say we are fighting H5N1 bird flu with one hand tied behind our backs
3 months ago

Why scientists say we are fighting H5N1 bird flu with one hand tied behind our backs

LA Times  

As the H5N1 bird flu virus steamrolls its way across the globe — killing wild animals, commercial livestock and even some people — scientists and health officials fear we’re on the precipice of another global pandemic. “YES.” Felicia Goodrum, a molecular virologist at the University of Arizona, said gain-of-function research could enable health officials to recognize worrisome H5N1 mutations and …

How America lost control of bird flu, setting the stage for another pandemic
3 months ago

How America lost control of bird flu, setting the stage for another pandemic

Salon  

Keith Poulsen’s jaw dropped when farmers showed him images on their cellphones at the World Dairy Expo in Wisconsin in October. “I don’t know if the bird flu will become a pandemic, but if it does, we are screwed.” To understand how the bird flu got out of hand, KFF Health News interviewed nearly 70 government officials, farmers and farmworkers, …

Opinion: Bird flu is coming for humans. We can either get ready or court disaster
3 months, 1 week ago

Opinion: Bird flu is coming for humans. We can either get ready or court disaster

LA Times  

Bird flu has seen a resurgence in the U.S. this year, with California leading the pack. Since 2022, millions of egg-laying chickens have been exposed to, infected with and culled or killed by H5N1 in the U.S. What stands out this year is how widespread the infection has been among dairy cows, which are spreading it to farmworkers — the …

Could bird flu trigger another pandemic?
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Could bird flu trigger another pandemic?

Firstpost  

The deadly bird flu variant H5N1 is spreading more widely than ever before. Reuters H5N1 bird flu, a type of avian influenza, is once again making headlines after dozens of people in the United States were infected with the virus. Late last month, the headline of an opinion piece in the New York Times stated, “A bird flu pandemic would …

Health Experts Warn of Bird Flu's Pandemic Threat
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Health Experts Warn of Bird Flu's Pandemic Threat

Deccan Chronicle  

Paris: Health experts have been sounding the alarm about the potential pandemic threat posed by bird flu, which has been showing signs of mutating as it spreads among cows and infects people in the United States. The deadly bird flu variant H5N1 first emerged in China in 1996, but over the last four years it has sp More than 300 …

Are we on the brink of another pandemic? Chinese researchers think so
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Are we on the brink of another pandemic? Chinese researchers think so

Firstpost  

Chinese scientists have said that a strain of a bird flu from 2021 has the potential to lead to a new pandemic Chinese researchers have said that the world could be close to having another pandemic in the near future. Even as the memories of the Covid-19 pandemic are afresh in many people’s mind, which emerged in China’s Wuhan, Chinese …

Trump's failure and the next pandemic
4 months ago

Trump's failure and the next pandemic

Raw Story  

“The political folks believed that because was going to be relegated to Democratic states, that they could blame those governors, and that would be an effective political strategy.” —Vanity Fair’s Katherine Eban quoting Jared Kushner’s team in March, 2020. And it appears that the virus that has her at death’s door is a recent mutation: “But researchers have homed in …

As California bird flu outbreak worsens, a Missouri patient who caught it is alarming experts
5 months, 2 weeks ago

As California bird flu outbreak worsens, a Missouri patient who caught it is alarming experts

Salon  

The H5N1 virus, also known as bird flu, has created an enduring crisis this year, massacring millions of birds and other wild animals, while stirring outbreaks in dairy farms across the U.S. As the number of confirmed bird flu cases continues to climb in various states across the country, many public health experts are anxiously awaiting results from testing performed …

World Health Organization updates list of infectious pathogens with pandemic potential
7 months, 3 weeks ago

World Health Organization updates list of infectious pathogens with pandemic potential

Salon  

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 a regular basis, especially as our world gets hotter from climate change and more viruses and other pathogens spill over from our diminishing wilderness. The World Health Organization keeps …

World Health Organization reveals 30 pathogens most likely to trigger next pandemic
7 months, 3 weeks ago

World Health Organization reveals 30 pathogens most likely to trigger next pandemic

Daily Mail  

The World Health Organization has revealed its list of more than 30 pathogens that are most likely to cause the next pandemic. The scientists also added smallpox even though it is currently eradicated, fearing it could be accidentally released in a lab accident and then spread quickly because few people now have immunity against the virus. The list was updated …

How to pinpoint the H5N1 mortality rate in humans
8 months, 1 week ago

How to pinpoint the H5N1 mortality rate in humans

Salon  

Just how deadly is the H5N1 avian flu? Compared to the H1 and H3 proteins in the influenza A viruses responsible for seasonal flu, H5 proteins trigger a weaker response from the immune system, said Peiris: “People may be getting mildly infected, but it’s not enough to elicit an antibody response.” Peiris and other experts described the current H5N1 outbreak …

Health experts raise alarm over US response to bird flu
9 months ago

Health experts raise alarm over US response to bird flu

China Daily  

Three months after the first detection of bird flu in US dairy cows, experts are expressing growing concern about the government's response and the potential for a deadly pandemic. Since avian influenza A, also known as "bird flu", was for the first time detected in dairy cows on March 25, the number of infected herds continues to rise. "In the …

Former director of the CDC predicts the next pandemic will be from bird flu
9 months, 1 week ago

Former director of the CDC predicts the next pandemic will be from bird flu

The Independent  

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Inadequate bird flu testing is making pandemic experts concerned we're "flying blind" with H5N1
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Inadequate bird flu testing is making pandemic experts concerned we're "flying blind" with H5N1

Salon  

After public health officials confirmed H5N1, the virus also known as bird flu, jumped from poultry to cows and recently infected an American, they’ve warned that if the virus strain made its way to pigs, it could be a time to press the panic button. This specific trait might allow the virus to sp “The biggest question is whether cows …

CDC warns bird flu has 'pandemic potential'
10 months, 3 weeks ago

CDC warns bird flu has 'pandemic potential'

Daily Mail  

Bird flu could cause the next pandemic in humans, the CDC has warned, as the H5N1 strain spreading on farms continued to mutate. In a report quietly published late last week, the agency said avian flu viruses 'have pandemic potential' in a section about rolling out vaccines if there is a human spillover. Also last week, a separate study by …

Disease X: Scientists warn next pandemic could be triggered by virus of ‘deadly infectious illness'
11 months, 1 week ago

Disease X: Scientists warn next pandemic could be triggered by virus of ‘deadly infectious illness'

Hindustan Times  

Sounding the alarm for a potential future crisis, scientists warn that the next pandemic might be caused by Disease X. An international survey, to be published next weekend, will reveal that 57% of senior disease experts now believe a strain of influenza virus is the most likely cause of the next global outbreak of “deadly infectious illness.” Alappuzha: Ducks being …

You Don't Need to Worry About A Bird Flu Pandemic Just Yet
11 months, 2 weeks ago

You Don't Need to Worry About A Bird Flu Pandemic Just Yet

The Quint  

A bird flu outbreak was confirmed in Kerala's Alappuzha, after ducks in two districts tested positive for it. This comes days after a dairy farm worker in Texas tested positive for the H5N1 virus - the first time that avian flu has transmitted to humans from cattle. "It has the potential to cause a pandemic that is 100 times worse …

‘100 times worse than Covid pandemic’: Experts on risk of H5N1 bird flu outbreak
11 months, 3 weeks ago

‘100 times worse than Covid pandemic’: Experts on risk of H5N1 bird flu outbreak

Hindustan Times  

Experts raised concerns over the potential rapid spread of the bird flu pandemic, which may lead to an exceptionally high fatality rate and can be “100 times worse than the Covid pandemic”, reported the Daily Mail, a UK-based tabloid. The report cited experts who raised concerns over the threat of a new pandemic during a recent briefing where researchers discussed …

'100 Times Worse Than Covid': Experts Raise Alarm Over Potential Bird Flu Pandemic
11 months, 3 weeks ago

'100 Times Worse Than Covid': Experts Raise Alarm Over Potential Bird Flu Pandemic

News 18  

Experts have raised alarm over the potential threat of a bird flu pandemic, warning that it could be ‘100 times worse than Covid’ and potentially lead to fatalities in up to half of those infected. During the briefing, Dr. Suresh Kuchipudi, a prominent bird flu researcher in Pittsburgh, warned that H5N1 has the potential to cause a pandemic, given its …

Bird flu warning from scientists who say HALF of infections with H5N1 in people are fatal - as White House says it's 'monitoring' the situation: 'This could be 100 times worse than Covid'
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Bird flu warning from scientists who say HALF of infections with H5N1 in people are fatal - as White House says it's 'monitoring' the situation: 'This could be 100 times worse than Covid'

Daily Mail  

A bird flu pandemic could be '100 times worse than Covid' and kill up to half of everyone it infects, experts have warned — as the White House says it is 'monitoring' the situation. Speaking at a briefing, virus researchers said the H5N1 strain of bird flu may now be getting 'dangerously close' to triggering a pandemic. A White House …

Navigating the impact of Covid-19 variant JN1 on workplace safety measures
1 year, 1 month ago

Navigating the impact of Covid-19 variant JN1 on workplace safety measures

Hindustan Times  

It has been recently reported by the Indian Council for Medical Research that over 2,000 sequences of the JN.1 variant have been positively identified in India. What is certain, however, is that viral mutation will continue unabated and newer threats like the JN.1 will cause episodic crests of infections, hospitalisations, ICU admissions and fatalities. Having helped several organisations navigate the …

Will we be prepared for "Disease X?" Misinformation could leave us vulnerable to a future pandemic
1 year, 1 month ago

Will we be prepared for "Disease X?" Misinformation could leave us vulnerable to a future pandemic

Salon  

Pandemics have always been a major part of human history, they still dominate our present to some degree, and it would be prudent to prepare for them in the future to avoid the worst case scenario. “There's always the sense of ‘Is there another virus family out there that could cause a problem?’ They needed a “Disease X,” he said. …

World leaders to meet to discuss threat of hypothetical ‘Disease X’ in Davos
1 year, 2 months ago

World leaders to meet to discuss threat of hypothetical ‘Disease X’ in Davos

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. It’s known by the placeholder name of Disease X, …

As COVID-19 cases rise, WHO asks countries to strengthen surveillance
1 year, 3 months ago

As COVID-19 cases rise, WHO asks countries to strengthen surveillance

The Hindu  

The World Health Organization has urged countries in Southeast Asia to strengthen surveillance in view of the increasing cases of respiratory diseases, including due to COVID-19 and its new sub-variant JN.1, and influenza. Editorial | Staying alert: On the rapidly increasing spread of the JN.1 variant "For this, countries must strengthen surveillance and sequencing, and ensure sharing of data," said …

COVID-19 update: WHO asks nations to strengthen surveillance as coronavirus cases rise
1 year, 3 months ago

COVID-19 update: WHO asks nations to strengthen surveillance as coronavirus cases rise

India TV News  

COVID-19 update: The World Health Organisation has urged countries in South-East Asia to strengthen surveillance given the increasing cases of respiratory diseases, including due to COVID-19 and its new sub-variant JN.1, and influenza. "For this, countries must strengthen surveillance and sequencing, and ensure sharing of data," said Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, regional director, WHO South-East Asia. "As people travel and …

Centre writes to States, advises them to maintain vigil amid uptick in COVID-19 cases
1 year, 3 months ago

Centre writes to States, advises them to maintain vigil amid uptick in COVID-19 cases

The Hindu  

The Union Health Ministry has asked all States to maintain constant vigil over the COVID-19 situation in the country in view of the upcoming festive season and recent surge in cases in some parts of the country. The Health Ministry has in its letter noted that considering the upcoming festive season, States are advised to put in place requisite public …

Experts reveal which virus is most likely to cause the next pandemic - and where it will come from
1 year, 4 months ago

Experts reveal which virus is most likely to cause the next pandemic - and where it will come from

Daily Mail  

The next pandemic could spark from a disease with a 40 percent mortality rate within just two decades, top virologists say — warning Covid could have been just the tip of the pandemic iceberg. Top culprits for the next pandemic, the experts speculated, were another coronavirus and avian influenza — a virus that infects birds but could possibly jump to …

Beyond the COVID-19 pandemic: Unanswered questions, lessons learnt and ongoing challenges
1 year, 5 months ago

Beyond the COVID-19 pandemic: Unanswered questions, lessons learnt and ongoing challenges

Firstpost  

The COVID-19 pandemic that impacted all aspects of human life, quite literally cancelled the planet. Was any internal advice given to the Government of India that the mRNA vaccines developed by Pfizer and Moderna were better, despite the fact that they were significantly more expensive and difficult to administer? Covishield, developed by Oxford-AstraZeneca in the UK, is similar to previous …

Disease X: Potential global pandemic 20 times deadlier than COVID
1 year, 6 months ago

Disease X: Potential global pandemic 20 times deadlier than COVID

Op India  

With COVID-19 evolving into a persistent and increasingly known health challenge, global healthcare experts are now preparing for a possible emergence of “Disease X.” They warn that this novel virus could potentially yield an impact that can be twice that of the catastrophic pandemic Spanish Flu of 1918-1920. Today, we could expect a similar death toll from one of the …

The next pandemic is already coming and it could kill millions more than Covid. We need to prepare for it now... writes experts KATE BINGHAM and TIM HAMES
1 year, 6 months ago

The next pandemic is already coming and it could kill millions more than Covid. We need to prepare for it now... writes experts KATE BINGHAM and TIM HAMES

Daily Mail  

The next major pandemic is coming. It’s already on the horizon, and could be far worse — killing millions more people — than the last one. To combat Disease X — as the World Health Organisation ominously calls it — we will once again need vaccines to be engineered and delivered in record time. It’s already on the horizon, and …

Even cautious experts say don't panic over new Covid wave: CDC admits US in 'strongest place' ever in pandemic - while the World Health Organization says world is in 'a different phase' now
1 year, 7 months ago

Even cautious experts say don't panic over new Covid wave: CDC admits US in 'strongest place' ever in pandemic - while the World Health Organization says world is in 'a different phase' now

Daily Mail  

Global and US health chiefs have urged calm over rising Covid cases and new variants, pointing out that virtually everyone now has immunity against the virus. On Thursday, Dr Marion Koopmans — a virologist who advises the World Health Organization — said the world was now in a 'different phase' of the pandemic due to higher levels of immunity from …

Continue COVID-19 testing to check emergence of new virus variants: WHO chief
1 year, 7 months ago

Continue COVID-19 testing to check emergence of new virus variants: WHO chief

The Hindu  

Warning that many countries aren’t testing enough and that new SARS-CoV-2 virus variants may emerge, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization, on Wednesday said that testing and being vigilant is vital in continuing the fight against COVID-19. “While COVID is now behind us and India did its best during the time, we can expect new and more …

WHO classifies EG.5 Covid-19 strain as 'variant of interest'
1 year, 7 months ago

WHO classifies EG.5 Covid-19 strain as 'variant of interest'

India Today  

The World Health Organization on Wednesday classified the EG.5 coronavirus strain circulating in the United States and China as a "variant of interest" but said it did not seem to pose more of a threat to public health than other variants. "Collectively, available evidence does not suggest that EG.5 has additional public health risks relative to the other currently circulating …

Had Covid but never felt sick? Scientists think they've finally cracked the secret of the 'super-dodgers'
1 year, 8 months ago

Had Covid but never felt sick? Scientists think they've finally cracked the secret of the 'super-dodgers'

Daily Mail  

*** Have you still never had Covid? Email stephen.matthews@mailonline.co.uk Scientists think they have finally cracked the secret of why some people who got Covid never became ill. And the answer lies in their genes. Nasim Forooghi, 46, a cardiac research nurse at St Bartholomew's Hospital in Central London, was heavily involved in research tracking Covid among frontline staff – a …

‘Even deadlier…’: WHO chief warns of next pandemic as Covid-19 cases dip
1 year, 10 months ago

‘Even deadlier…’: WHO chief warns of next pandemic as Covid-19 cases dip

Hindustan Times  

World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has warned that the world should be ready for the next pandemic, which might be “even deadlier” than the Covid-19 pandemic. Tedros's statement comes days after the WHO said Covid-19 was no longer a global emergency, marking a symbolic end to the devastating pandemic that has claimed at least 7 million lives worldwide. …

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