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Developments in the field of generating massive computing power will greatly aid researchers looking for a vaccine for HIV, an elusive grail. : Ars Electronica

The search continues at a brisk pace thanks to rapid developments in generating more potent computing power.

Vaccines beyond COVID

Computer modelling to aid search for HIV vaccine

The search continues at a brisk pace thanks to rapid developments in generating more potent computing power.

Diseases that spread between animals aand humans are being aided by climate change : Michael Joiner, 360info CC BY 4.0

For World Zoonoses Day on July 6 we cover the growing links between climate change and animal diseases which spread to humans.

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World Zoonoses Day

Special Report: Changing climate, changing diseases

For World Zoonoses Day on July 6 we cover the growing links between climate change and animal diseases which spread to humans.

Ticks are now increasingly overlapping with humans. : John Tann, Flickr CC BY 2.0

Blood-feeding arthropods, like mosquitoes, insects and ticks are increasingly sharing their environments with humans due to the climate, with chronic results.

World Zoonoses Day

Dangerous ticks are increasingly coming in contact with people

Blood-feeding arthropods, like mosquitoes, insects and ticks are increasingly sharing their environments with humans due to the climate, with chronic results.

Valley fever is commonly found in soil. : Nephron, Wikimedia Commons CC BY 3.0

A focus on viruses as our next pandemic source may divert attention from other serious microbial threats.

World Zoonoses Day

Fungi could be the source of our next pandemic

Rodents are well known as dangerous reservoirs of zoonotic pathogens. : H. Zell, Wikimedia Commons CC BY SA.30

Rodents are well known reservoirs of disease, and our lives will increasingly intersect as our shared environment warms.

World Zoonoses Day

Could climate change lead to the next black plague?

This bale kampang (floating platform) is made of bamboo harvested near Yogyakarta, Indonesia : Eric Huybrechts

Indonesia’s health systems work well at local level but cannot provide adequate nationwide pandemic warnings. For those, a new system is needed.

Pandemic warning systems

Streamlining Indonesia’s pandemic warnings

Valuable lessons from the current global pandemic might just change the way we respond in the future. : Michael Joiner, 360info

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Can we predict emerging diseases like we predict the weather?

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Pandemic warning systems

Many hospitals were overwhelmed at the peak of the pandemic. : Wikimedia Commons, Alberto Giuliani

Knowing when the hospital system could be overwhelmed is key to managing a pandemic. Finding the right predictor can save lives.

Pandemic warning systems

Finding the right tool to predict when hospitals need resourcing

Anticipatory warnings can identify a new infectious diseases. : Wikimedia Commons, Dorieo

Most infectious disease warning systems have been set up to fail as they focus on science, not people.

Pandemic warning systems

Designing infectious disease warnings that work