

We Must Prepare for the Next PandemicJune 18, 2019 |
Bruce Schneier argues that we’ll have to battle both the disease and the fake news
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We Must Prepare for the Next PandemicJune 18, 2019 |
Bruce Schneier argues that we’ll have to battle both the disease and the fake news
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The Last Flue Pandemic Was a ‘Quiet Killer’June 11, 2019 |
Ten years after swine flu, no one can predict the next one
Quick ReadResearchers have analysed anonymized phone records of tens of millions of people in low-income countries. Critics question whether the benefits outweigh the risks
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Stopping the Gaps in Epidemic PreparednessMay 9, 2019 |
Jeremy Farrar writes ‘First isolated in Malaysia in 1999, Nipah virus rapidly went from unknown to endemic in Bangladesh, which has seen an outbreak almost every year since 2001. Large gaps remain in our understanding, however, such as how the virus crossed India to spark an epidemic…’
Quick ReadA two-year-old boy in rural Guinea died of Ebola in December 2014. Over the next two years, almost 30,000 people in West Africa would be infected with the Ebola virus. Why, unlike previous 17 Ebola outbreaks, did this one grow so large, so quickly? What, if anything, can be done to prevent future outbreaks?
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The Ethics of Preparedness in Humanitarian DisastersOctober 29, 2018 |
Practical Ethics investigators Sarah Parkinson and Valerie De Koeijer examine the ethical challenges faced by professionals who work in or adjacent to humanitarian disasters, such as those triggered by war
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How Do We Keep From Going Hungry During Disasters?August 21, 2017 |
Storms and rising waters threaten cities’ food, but some municipalities are taking steps to keep shelves stocked and bellies full
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How to Survive the Next Catastrophic PandemicApril 5, 2017 |
Experts say it’s not a matter of if, but when a global scale pandemic will wipe out millions of people. And we are grossly unprepared for the next major outbreak. But in the event of a devastating pandemic—whether it be triggered by a mutated strain of an existing virus or a bioengineered terror weapon—there are some practical things you can do, both before and during the outbreak, to increase your odds of survival
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