At top AI labs, the future looks either fantastically bright—or terrifyingly dark. More in today’s TIME tech newsletter.

Health officials are rushing to try and find contacts of the teenage girl after she tested positive for Nipah Virus, which is ...

The next pandemic could be worse Gostin sees nature as the most likely source of the next pandemic. A highly lethal strain of bird or swine flu could mutate naturally to become contagious to humans.

"These viruses are so closely related to MERS, so we have to be concerned if they ever infect humans," said virologist Michael Letko.

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A new threat looms - Mpox. Once a rare virus, it’s now spreading globally. Learn about its history, symptoms, and why we ...

With two human cases of bird flu identified, health officials need to get ahead of a threat that some scientists fear could become next pandemic, writes Jaime M. Yassif.

There were also calls for investment in One Health at regional level to prevent zoonotic diseases and the next pandemic. At the 78th World Health Assembly in Geneva, ...

Local health experts say Greater Boston is generally more prepared for a pandemic now than it was in 2020, but headwinds still remain. Skip to Main Content Open Close Menu ...

In this series, we explore which diseases are most likely to cause the next global pandemic and learn from the scientists racing to keep that from happening. The Covid-19 pandemic took much of the ...

And though his new pandemic-preparedness plan commits $6.5 billion toward strengthening the U.S. public-health system over the next decade, it might take $4.5 billion a year to actually do the job ...

The answer is a qualified yes. Although a coming pandemic cannot be avoided, its impact can be considerably lessened. It depends on how the leaders of the world—from the heads of the G-8 to local ...