Thousands of vials of biological substances — including some labeled “HIV” — and a freezer marked “Ebola” were found inside a secret Chinese-owned biolab in California which the Centers… ...

Among the viral pathogen families classed as high risk for both epidemics and pandemics are coronaviridae, which includes Covid-19, and the orthomyxoviridae family, which includes avian influenza.

Studies show more than 70 percent of the infectious diseases that have emerged in the 21st century—including Ebola, HIV, and mpox (formerly monkeypox)—leapt to humans from wildlife.

No cases were discovered outside Africa, but Ebola remains among the deadliest of pathogens capable of jumping from wild animals to humans-just as COVID-19 likely did. It's called spillover.

The organization notes these pathogens, including Ebola, Marburg, Lassa fever, Nipah and Zika viruses, pose the greatest public health because of their epidemic potential.

Unfortunately, novel pathogens are hard to be prepared for. As noted, there's an extraordinary amount of highly specific PPE that must be maintained and stored in an easily accessible location.

On the heels of successful COVID-19 mRNA vaccines, the technology could hold promise in protecting against another deadly pathogen. “Public health in Africa would benefit from further options ...

Ebola virus polymerase is already known as a hard-working protein—all Ebola viral proteins have to be. Ebola virus is a highly efficient pathogen because it gets by with just seven genes (humans ...

ProPublica spent months teaching a computer to analyze past Ebola outbreaks linked to deforestation. ... Or they rely on past cases, looking at where a pathogen has previously struck.

A young girl in Liberia is taken to an ambulance after showing signs of an Ebola infection in this Sept. 30, 2014, file photo. An Ebola outbreak in Western Africa from 2014 to 2016 killed more ...

People vaccinated against Ebola who still developed the disease had a substantially ... and non-human primates — and published in 2007 in the journal PLOS Pathogens. Newsletters Sign up for ...

Unfortunately, novel pathogens are hard to be prepared for. As noted, there's an extraordinary amount of highly specific PPE that must be maintained and stored in an easily accessible location.