In 2018, the WHO introduced Disease X to its list of blueprint priority diseases. This was a forward-thinking decision, ...

The current Disease X appears to be airborne in the African Condo with pandemic potential, but what it is is a mystery right now as it spreads among hundreds with nearly 100 fatalities. Disease X is ...

Respiratory pathogens like influenza and COVID-19 are being investigated as possible causes of this new Disease X. According to NPR, so are malaria and measles. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control ...

While the world is still recovering from the impact of COVID-19 six years after it first began spreading, global health experts are already warning about the possibility of another major outbreak - ...

The World Health Organization has recorded more than 400 cases of a mysterious, deadly, flu-like illness dubbed “Disease X” in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and is struggling to uncover its ...

COVID-19 took the world by storm in early 2020, being declared a pandemic in March of that year. While it was the most recent emerging infectious disease, experts anticipate it won’t be the last. Well ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dave Wessner is a virologist who covers infectious diseases. Experts from the World Health Organization provided an update on ...

Editor’s Note (12/27/24): The World Health Organization announced that the mystery “Disease X” is likely a combination of common and seasonal viral respiratory infections and malaria, compounded by ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dave Wessner is a virologist who covers infectious diseases. Researchers throughout the world have expressed concern about a ...