Pandemic agreement: key points
After more than three years of thorny negotiations, World Health Organization member states finalized early Wednesday a major agreement on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response.
Apr 16, 2025
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Animal Diseases: News and Research on Zoonoses
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Pandemic agreement: key points under discussion
For more than three years, countries have been negotiating an international agreement on tackling future pandemics aimed to help avoid repeating the mistakes made during the COVID-19 crisis.
Apr 12, 2025
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First step for pandemic prevention: Experts comment on WHO's first binding national agreement
The World Health Organization (WHO) is on the verge of adopting the world's first binding international agreement focused on pandemic prevention. This landmark development, schedule for potential ratification at the 78th ...
Apr 4, 2025
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H5N1 influenza viral lineages beginning to evade human immunological defenses, research finds
New computational modeling of avian influenza variants' immunoprotein interactions—developed by a research team at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte—reveals the H5N1 influenza virus is evolving to escape immunological ...
Mar 19, 2025
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Biobanking on health: Sharing biological samples and data to build a healthier future
Researchers are championing smarter and more sustainable ways to safeguard biological samples and data donated by millions of citizens. The aim is greater international preparedness for potential future health threats like ...
Feb 19, 2025
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Guidance on animal-borne infections in the Canadian Arctic
A new review on zoonotic infections—diseases transmitted by animals—in the Canadian Arctic provides timely guidance to clinicians as the region experiences heightened global interest as well as climate change, which threatens ...
Jan 20, 2025
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Brain-infecting parasite found in two LA County residents: What to know about 'racoon roundworm'
Two people in Los Angeles County are sick with a rare parasitic infection known as "raccoon roundworm," according to officials.
Sep 19, 2024
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Sierra Leone's bushmeat markets pose serious health hazards—Researchers offer potential solutions
You are walking through the bustling center of Bo, Sierra Leone's third largest city. Following the crowd, you turn off the main road onto a narrower thoroughfare and find yourself in an open-air market. Shelters constructed ...
Jun 5, 2024
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Stressed snails and slugs may spread rat lungworm through slime
Can humans become infected with the rat lungworm parasite from snail slime, if an infected snail or slug leaves slime on a lettuce leaf? That is the question University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa researchers set out to answer in ...
Dec 18, 2023
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Findings challenge standard understanding of COVID-19 infection
Some viruses move between species. For example, SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, can spill over from humans to mink, an agricultural species, and then spill back from mink to humans. Spillback is a concern because ...
Nov 29, 2023
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