Pioneering COVID Scientist Protests Eviction
SHANGHAI (AP) — The first scientist to publish a sequence of the COVID-19 virus in China staged a sit-in protest outside his lab after authorities locked him out of the …
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Toxic: How the search for the origins of COVID-19 turned politically poisonous
BEIJING: The hunt for the origins of COVID-19 has gone dark in China, the victim of political infighting after a series of stalled and thwarted attempts to find the source …
WHO warning over ‘next pandemic’ that could cause ‘extremely high’ death rates
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned the UK could see another pandemic amid the increasing spread of a potentially deadly illness. The WHO has warned the rise of bird …
Pandemic accord talks at loggerheads as time ticks away
The final round of talks on a landmark pandemic accord faces a frantic last push this week, with countries still pulling in different directions on how to handle future global …
The next pandemic? It’s already here for Earth’s wildlife
I am a conservation biologist who studies emerging infectious diseases. When people ask me what I think the next pandemic will be I often say that we are in the …
US conspiracy theorists monetize ‘Disease X’ misinformation
Washington: Coined by the World Health Organization to denote a hypothetical future pandemic, “Disease X” is at the center of a blizzard of misinformation that American conspiracy theorists are amplifying …
Taylor Swift Suggests She Was ‘Lonely’ During Joe Alwyn Relationship
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Quebec study finds COVID measures were effective in reducing cases
A study aimed at countering online misinformation reveals that health measures taken by governments in connection with COVID-19 helped reduce hospital admissions and the number of cases in 2020. In a …
Experts developing vaccine for Disease X predicted to kill 50 million people
Medical experts are busy at the World Economic Forum in Davos, planning how to tackle Disease X. Some health officials warn that this disease could cause the “next pandemic.” Disease …
What’s Disease X? World leaders to discuss next possible global health threat – National
Disease X, a hypothetical illness with the potential for 20 times more fatalities than the COVID-19 pandemic, will be the focal point of a panel discussion in Davos, Switzerland, on …