Strength Testing the Global Pandemic Treaty
In September 2019, the Global Preparedness Monitoring Board predicted a major respiratory pandemic that would cause millions of deaths and…
Pandoravirus: the melting Arctic is releasing ancient germs – how worried should we be?
Scientists have recently revived several large viruses that had been buried in the frozen Siberian ground (permafrost) for tens of…
Can we please stop talking about a second wave of COVID-19
Lockdown is easing. People are returning to work and shops are lifting their shutters. But we dont have a vaccine…
Coronavirus: a former member of SAGE explains how the science advisory group really works
COVID-19 has brought a lot of new people to the attention of the public. Unlike politicians, these chief advisers who…
The Pandemic Everyone Fears
If humanity is lucky, the next flu virus with pandemic potential will unfold somewhere quick to catch and contain the…