Drawing lessons from Sierra Leone and having watched the mid-2026 outbreak in the DRC, I conclude that it risks become a global epidemic.
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The next phase of the response must not be about deploying more people into communities simply to deliver interventions.
Amid multiple disease outbreaks and intense political pressures, Director Erica Schwartz will need to defend scientific independence.
The issue of internal displacement remains poorly understood despite the very large number of people involved.
An Ebola vaccine designed for a different species is now being trialled against the outbreak in the DRC and Uganda.
The world’s pandemic early-warning system is weakest in places affected by armed conflict, where the risk of outbreaks is often greatest.
Six years after Italy became Europe’s COVID-19 ground-zero, successful action led by a victims’ association against health governance failings sets an encouraging precedent.
Scientists discover new viruses every year. A catalogue of the riskiest ones could help us spot the next pandemic before it takes hold.
Distrust in health care during infectious disease outbreaks can have devastating consequences. Here’s what we can do about it.
In a survey of more than 600 CDC workers, 99% said the Trump administration’s cuts to the agency have made it less able to protect the public’s health.
Vaccine development can be really expensive, and there’s limited commercial return.
Respiratory diseases like measles and flu pose a much bigger threat to public health for the World Cup than does Ebola.
Events in eastern DRC are a reminder that Ebola outbreaks are rarely controlled by vaccines alone.
There is no approved vaccine to curb the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda. But new funding offers hope.
The Bundibugyo strain of Ebola causing the ongoing outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo currently has no vaccine. The Conversation Weekly podcast speaks to two researchers working to develop one.
Three experts explain how the rare Bundibugyo strain of Ebola may have crossed continents.
Global health funding cracks do not bode well for pandemic governance as recent disease outbreaks are reminding us. What does this mean for developing countries and how do they cope with health emergencies?
Geography may not provide meaningful protection once an outbreak is already underway.
The steps set out in the report on global pandemic preparedness are vitally important for managing future outbreaks.
The meat of wild animals, or wild meat, is a big part of the diets of millions of people in central Africa.
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Lecturer in Virology, Queen's University Belfast
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor in the faculty of Medicine, Mbarara University of Science and Technology
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Part-time lecturer at the Global Health & Social Medicine, Harvard University, and Lecturer at the School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, University of Liberia
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Professor of Global Biosecurity, NHMRC L3 Research Fellow, Head, Biosecurity Program, Kirby Institute, UNSW
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Lecturer, Biomedical and Life Sciences, Lancaster University
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Principal Medical Scientist (PhD MPH), National Institute for Communicable Diseases
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Senior lecturer, Njala University
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Professor of Infectious Diseases, Monash University
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Principal Scientist and Canada Research Chair in Zoonotic Virus and Animal Reservoirs at the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization and Co-Lead of One Health at the University of Saskatchewan, University of Saskatchewan
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Senior Lecturer in Communicable Disease Epidemiology, University of Sydney
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Research Scientist, African Population and Health Research Center
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Head of the Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Diseases, National Institute for Communicable Diseases
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Professor of Immunology and Infection, Edinburgh Napier University
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Associate professor, University of Sydney