Pandemics

Ebola shows world unprepared for pandemic, former US CDC head says

The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said on May 28 there are 1,077 suspected cases of the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola, which is spreading quickly.

Iran World Cup team still waiting for US visas, ambassador says

Iran's players practice during a training session at the Iranian national team's base camp in Antalya, Turkey, on May 26.

WHO says Ebola risk high regionally, low worldwide

Dr Tedros said the latest outbreak is a public health emergency of international concern, but not a pandemic emergency.

Ebola, hantavirus show world’s risk preparedness lagging: Pandemic expert

Ms Helen Clark, co-chair of the Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response, speaks during a session on the sidelines of the World Health Assembly in Geneva on May 19.

WHO states strike deal to extend talks on pandemic treaty

A deep disagreement persisted between wealthy and developing countries on how the Pathogen Access and Benefit-Sharing system would work in practice.

Risk of another pandemic crisis remains, Ong Ye Kung tells attendees at Geneva event

Minister for Health Ong Ye Kung speaking on global pandemic preparedness and response at an event held on the sidelines of the 79th World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland, organised by the Communicable Diseases Agency Singapore (CDA), Robert Koch Institute (RKI), and the World Health Organization.

For hantavirus, experts trying to inform without igniting Covid-19 panic

Experts have emphasised that hantavirus is not comparable to Covid-19.

The hantavirus outbreak is reviving Covid-era conspiracy theories

Persons wearing protective suits walk toward the cruise ship MV Hondius docked in the port of Granadilla de Abona in Spain, on May 11.

Hantavirus is nothing like coronavirus, but it’s bringing some ‘Covid-19 PTSD’

An ambulance carrying one of the three passengers suspected of having hantavirus on the cruise ship MV Hondius, leaves the port in Praia, Cape Verde, on May 6.

WHO delays pandemic treaty amid pathogen-sharing dispute

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