For decades, the argument for “gain of function” research was simple: Find the next pathogen before it finds us, then build ...

An outbreak of a deadly hantavirus aboard a cruise ship has heightened fears about another global pandemic—which experts say the world isn’t ready for.

Hantavirus and Ebola are reminders that outbreaks are inevitable, and that the world must work together to contain them and prevent the next pandemic.

The sights of PPE-clad passengers leaving the hantavirus-stricken cruise ship Sunday may prompt flashbacks to the COVID pandemic. Health officials say that isn’t exactly the case.

This week, American passengers who were on the Dutch-flagged MV Hondius cruise ship, aboard which a rare strain of so-called hantavirus broke out, were placed in quarantine in a medical facility in ...

The curious minds at What If explore what would happen if the next pandemic came from space.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared that an Ebola outbreak in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is a “public health emergency of international concern”, setting off ...

The importance of preparing our country and state for the next pandemic cannot be overstated. The deadly COVID 19 pandemic highlighted our many public health vulnerabilities underscoring the need for ...

At the University of Pennsylvania, microbiologist Cesar de la Fuente is using AI to more quickly make discoveries in biology and medicine. Much of the work has focused on antibiotics — new molecules ...

Experts consulted by Newsweek say hantavirus is unlikely to spark a pandemic because it transmits poorly between people.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Some experts have raised alarms about the potential for another pandemic as numbers of H5N1 avian influenza infections rise in ...

The world is not “well prepared” for the next pandemic, Tom Frieden, the former head of the Centers for Disease Control and ...