In December 2024, on the International Day of Epidemic Preparedness, UN-Secretary-General Antonio Guterres stated: “The COVID-19 crisis may have passed, but a harsh lesson remains: The world is ...

This is *** KCCI editorial. Five years ago this week, Governor Reynolds issued her first COVID-19 proclamation. Up to this point, many of us here in Iowa watched the pandemic's impact in other parts ...

In the late winter and early spring of 2020, the coronavirus pandemic grew from a geographically limited viral infection into a full-blown national emergency, disrupting life as we knew it. The ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has provided researchers with a wealth of information on contemporary successes and failures in combating an emerging pathogen. This study outlines a total of 22 opportunities ...

Pandemics are recurring tests of human preparedness, leadership and collective responsibility. Will we be ready for the next ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A CDC study found that splash pads, or water playgrounds, have been linked to more than 10,000 cases of ...

India, Nov. 1 -- November 2025 marks the sixth anniversary of COVID-19, the deadliest pandemic in modern history, which brought humankind, with all its advanced systems, science, and technologies, to ...

Last month, US health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. fired all 17 members of the advisory committee on immunization to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Two days later, he appointed ...

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While addressing 63 professionals gathered to attend fourth Postgraduate International Vaccinology Course, Dr Vinod Kumar Paul, member of NITI Aayog, focussed on drawing lessons from the Covid-19 ...