A more coordinated effort by scientists, stakeholders and community members will be required to stop the next deadly virus that’s already circulating in our midst.
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Technology that can identify stray bits of genetic material in the environment can help scientists monitor human and animal health.
As ready as you are to be done with COVID-19, it’s not going anywhere soon. A historian of disease describes how once a pathogen emerges, it’s usually here to stay.
Epidemiological data suggests that 80% of COVID-19 cases can be traced to just 20% of those infected with SARS-CoV-2.
Australia has been identified as a hotspot for emerging diseases, which occurs when human activities collide with a richness of animal species.
Predicting how a virus will spread — and its effects — relies on mathematically sound and accurate models that account for factors like weather patterns and human behaviour.
The tremendous costs of COVID-19 show why the world needs to do a better job preventing epidemics from occurring – or at least mitigate the impact.
The current outbreak of COVID-19 underscores the need to study urban growth to understand the spread and control of future epidemics.
Misinformation spreads fast when people are afraid and a contagious and potentially fatal disease is frightening. This provides the ideal emotionally charged context for rumours to thrive.
Chinese scientists sequence coronavirus causing pneumonia outbreak in Wuhan. And it’s never been seen before.
The emergency in the DRC shows that despite all these positive changes, the global response to containing Ebola outbreaks is undermined by the lack of health care and public health infrastructure.
Epidemics can have massive social ramifications where prohibitions are imposed on travel, socio-cultural events and schooling.
A review of research on both the Ebola and Zika outbreaks, found less than 1% of published research discussed gender issues.
Scientists identified the general pattern of measles infections as a country moves toward eliminating the disease. This roadmap can help public health workers most efficiently fight and end measles.
The way humans share the world with wildlife has rapidly changed – and this is having a serious impact on the spread of pathogens.
The high stress conditions of an outbreak can spread a dysfunctional culture among those working to fight it. A survey after the 2015 Ebola epidemic quantified the issue – and suggests a better way.
In January, measles returned to the Pacific Northwest, while Ebola resurged in the Congo. It would take a lot more research for scientists to be able to stop threats like these in their tracks.
The response to the latest ebola outbreak in the DRC has been rapid, well coordinated and well resourced.
By tackling local threats and controlling existing diseases, countries are able to build the capacity needed to deal with future emerging disease threats.
African leaders need to up their health allocations to help the new World Health Organisation Director-General meet his health care targets for the continent.
Top contributors
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Distinguished Research Professor and Australian Laureate, James Cook University
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Adjunct Associate Professor James Cook University and University Fellow Charles Darwin University, James Cook University
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Virologist, Queen's University Belfast
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Fellow, Nigerian Academy of Science
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Science Communication Researcher, Stellenbosch University
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Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology and of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard University
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PhD candidate, University of Cambridge
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Adjunct Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Columbia University
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Professor, Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change, York University, Canada
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Research Lecturer in Biodiversity and Health Ecology, Swansea University
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Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, University of Glasgow
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Postdoctoral Fellow in Disease Ecology, The University of Queensland
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Research Scientist, African Population and Health Research Center
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Emergency Operations Centre Manager, National Institute for Communicable Diseases
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Research Associate, Simon Fraser University
