epidemic and plague

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

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

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

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Can we predict emerging diseases like we predict the weather?

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

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

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AI filtering and analysis of open-source data could stop future epidemics from becoming global pandemics.

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Social modelling to prepare for pandemics needs more emphasis on the social.

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Monitoring of wastewater and being alert to unusual cases could help shut pandemics down before they start.

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In this 8-minute interview Dear Pandemic founder and public health scientist Lindsey Leininger discusses how to speak with the vaccine hesitant.

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