Hamish de Bretton-Gordon was formerly the commanding officer of the Joint Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Regiment in the UK, and warn that Russia's lack of transparency may mirror that ...

Throughout human history, pandemics and epidemics have shaped civilizations in ways that extend far beyond their immediate death tolls. While we often focus on the devastating mortality statistics, ...

When it comes to infectious diseases in the news, you often hear terms like outbreak, epidemic, pandemic and endemic. The differences in these terms comes down to the scope of disease, the reach of ...

Researchers have proposed integrating pandemic preparedness into routine seasonal influenza vaccination by developing vaccines capable of generating broader immune responses. The proposed “Before Day ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A deadly respiratory viral outbreak aboard a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean has spurred fears about another pandemic. The World ...

The United Nations High-level Meeting on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response (PPPR) on September 25 called for ...

Newswise — A Virginia Tech disease ecologist said the outbreak of Andes hantavirus aboard the international MV Hondius cruise ship underscores how little scientists still know about the viruses ...

A group of experts from the World Health Organization (WHO) analyzed global preparedness and response efforts following the Ebola crisis a decade ago. Their conclusion was stark: Global preparedness ...

Every pandemic is different. Nevertheless, certain commonalities can be identified across all pandemics. Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization (MPI-DS), together ...

As the economic and health risks of the COVID-19 pandemic are predicted to persist into next year, there are growing reservations about society returning to normal. As countries experience the ongoing ...

While the world closely watched an outbreak of hantavirus unfold on a luxury cruise ship earlier this month, another deadly infectious disease was sweeping through one of Africa’s largest countries ...

Do Americans need to be worried about their safety after the suspected plague death in Russia? Here's what an infectious disease expert told us.