Bubonic plague has caused the deadliest pandemic in history: The Black Death, which killed as many as 50% of affected populations in Western Asia, Africa, and Europe. After that, in the 14th century, ...

In a watershed moment for global public health, the 194 member states of the World Health Organization formally adopted the world’s first Pandemic Agreement by consensus today. This landmark decision ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) – Researchers in China have identified a new strain of swine flu that has “pandemic potential.” It has been more than a decade since the swine flu, known as the virus H1N1, last caused a ...

With $1.1 billion already secured and committed, the organisation is seeking further investments from governments, ...