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World Health Assembly Adopts the Pandemic Agreement

July 22, 2025 Jacqueline Powers

Photo by Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Dominique A. Pineiro; CC-BY 2.0 On May 20, 2025, the Pandemic Agreement was adopted by Member States at

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WHO Investigates Undiagnosed Disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

January 21, 2025 Jacqueline Powers

Image: NIH Image Gallery; CC BY-NC 2.0 At the end of October 2024, an outbreak of an unknown pathogen emerged in the Panzi health zone

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Mpox and the WHO Declaration of a Public Health Emergency

October 4, 2024October 4, 2024 Ruviha Homma

Image: NIAID, CC BY 2.0 Generic Deed On August 14, 2024, the World Health Organization declared the mpox outbreak in Africa to be a public

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World Health Organization: COVID-19 Outbreak is a Public Health Emergency of International Concern

January 30, 2020January 24, 2023 Lauren Goodwin

By: Lauren Goodwin Image courtesy of Flickr Today, the World Health Organization (WHO) held its third emergency session to determine if the novel coronavirus outbreak

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Summer Series on Neglected Tropical Diseases: Shedding Light on NTDs

May 24, 2018 Lauren Goodwin

  The chances are that if you turn on your television or scan your local news sources, you will hear about infectious diseases like HIV/AIDS,

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Summer Series on Neglected Tropical Diseases: Shedding Light on NTDs

May 24, 2018 Lauren Goodwin

  The chances are that if you turn on your television or scan your local news sources, you will hear about infectious diseases like HIV/AIDS,

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Zika Virus: A Quick Update

February 1, 2016 Colleen Nguyen

In early December 2015, we reported on Brazil’s microcephaly outbreak and its alleged potential connection with Zika virus. This piece is a quick update to

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Finally, A Vaccine Against Dengue?

January 5, 2016August 27, 2024 Gia Ciccolo

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), dengue is the “fastest spreading vector disease” in the world (1). Approximately half of the worldwide population is

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Finally, A Vaccine Against Dengue?

January 5, 2016August 27, 2024 Gia Ciccolo

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), dengue is the “fastest spreading vector disease” in the world (1). Approximately half of the worldwide population is

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Ebola Update: Death in Nigeria, Impact on Healthcare Workers, and Containment Measures in Liberia

July 29, 2014January 25, 2023 Alexandra Thomsen

Nations around the world have voiced concern about West Africa’s Ebola outbreak spreading via air travel, with warnings like “Ebola only a plane ride away.”

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