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The UK's Covid inquiry unfolds with PM Rishi Sunak taking the stand, expressing deep apologies for those affected by the pandemic.

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Preventing the next pandemic: The EU project funding research into infectious diseases

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In this episode of Smart Regions, we find out how the European PerForM-REACT project is helping two German research institutes in their quest to better understand and more effectively deal with infectious diseases.

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Euroviews. Europe should build up its animal health arsenal against bird flu

There is no single solution for avian flu. Rather, each country must adopt the appropriate blend of policies and support that best enable poultry farmers to protect both their birds and their livelihoods, Roxanne Feller writes.

23/10/2023

Travellers inspect a screen with flight details at Cologne-Bonn Airport, Germany, April 2023.

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Could AI help to scenario plan for a Disease X pandemic?

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Since mid-July, Europe has been experiencing a resurgence in cases of COVID due in part to the emergence of new variants.

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Euroviews. Could the COVID pandemic have been avoided if China were a democracy?

Not only could China have potentially prevented the global coronavirus pandemic — its authoritarian regime is now also impeding our ability to learn from it, thereby increasing the risk of future pandemics, Oliver St. John writes.

14/06/2023

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Will factory farming cause the next pandemic?

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The World Health Organization has lifted the COVID-19 international emergency, but is urging the world to stay alert

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WHO downgrades COVID pandemic, says it's no longer 'global emergency'

The World Health Organization said Friday that COVID-19 no longer qualifies as a global emergency, marking a symbolic end to the devastating coronavirus pandemic that triggered once-unthinkable lockdowns, upended economies worldwide and killed at least 7 million people worldwide.

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