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Dr George Busby, FRGS Expedition Leader
By Alex Jackson, WMP
The US imposes checks on arrivals from Uganda – but will it help halt the potential spread of disease?
By Will Brown, Africa correspondent, in Nairobi
A former Government advisor has warned that the NHS would not survive another deadly new virus, as the Covid-19 inquiry begins on Tuesday.
By Sarah Newey, global health security correspondent
An article from The Conversation.
By Yap Boum, Professor in the faculty of Medicine, Mbarara University of Science and Technology
These cases show how our modern, mobile, interconnected world, which enables us to travel quickly from continent to continent, does make countries across the globe more vulnerable to occasional imported infections.
By Jimmy Whitworth
Latest trials on the R21 delight its creators who hope it can be approved next year but comes with fears that UK is set to cut the global health investment that helped make it possible.
By Lizzie Davies
By Douglas Broom, Senior Writer, Formative Content
A better and more modernised approach to preparing for disease outbreaks is crucial to save lives in the future.
By Professor Martin Antonio and Professor Adam Kucharski, Co-Directors of the Centre for Epidemic Preparedness & Response at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Pandemic, endemic, and epidemic are all terms that describe how far a disease or pathogen has spread within a geographical region or population.
Medically reviewed by Joseph Vinetz, MD
By Caitlin Geng
An article from The Conversation.
By Jonathan Cox, Senior Lecturer in Microbiology, Aston University
By Professor Tom Churcher
Antimicrobial drugs are commonly used. We have all heard of antibiotics, which fight bacteria, but there are also antifungals, antivirals and antiparasitics that fight fungi, viruses and parasites, respectively.
COVID-19 responsible for at least 3 million excess deaths in 2020.
Coronaviruses cause a range of illnesses, including COVID-19. They typically affect the respiratory tract, but their effects can extend well beyond the respiratory system.
Medically reviewed by Joseph Vinetz, MD — By Adam Felman
An article from The Conversation.
By David W Graham, Professor of Ecosystems Engineering, Newcastle University & Peter Collignon, Professor of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Australian National University
By Loraine Balita-Centeno
