Members of the Media and Epidemics Research Network provide three vignettes illustrating the different ways 'Russian Flu' was reflected in media and literary culture.| the polyphony
This week, the US Health Department announced the cancellation of several mRNA vaccine development contracts. The cuts and restructuring of collaborations […] The post Defunding of mRNA vaccine research in the US – Expert Reaction appeared first on Science Media Centre.| Science Media Centre
"We're deeply concerned both by the alarming levels of spread and severity and by the alarming levels of inaction," WHO's Dr. Tedros said.| CNBC
‘Although the institutions of our culture are so amazingly good that they have been able to manage stability in the face of rapid change for hundreds of years, the knowledge of what it takes to keep civilization stable in the face of rapidly increasing knowledge is not very widespread. In fact, severe misconceptions about several […]| Dominic Cummings's Blog
Raving mushroom zombies aren't as far-fetched as you might think.| The Science of Fiction
Amid geopolitical fragmentation and rising nationalist sentiment, the negotiations leading to the Pandemic Agreement—which was adopted on May 20, 2025 at the World Health Assembly—have shown that multilateral diplomacy is more difficult than ever—but also more vital. For decades, cooperation on global health was treated as self-evident. The shared logic was clear: pandemics, like the climate […]| IPI Global Observatory
A blog post rounding up PASTRES work from 2018-2023 on the theme of pandemics.| Pastoralism, Uncertainty and Resilience – PASTRES
By Katelyn Jetelina, Your Local Epidemiologist...The bottom line is: Get your fall vaccines—it will cut your risk of diseases by half.| omega.ngo
by Atwal Gawande in The New York Times...In a place with one of the highest TB rates on Earth, I saw that the disease could be stopped with the new tools av ...| omega.ngo
by Katelyn Jetelina in Your Local Epidemiologist...What we knew: The number of people who get LC after infection has ranged dramatically from 2% to 75%. Rea ...| omega.ngo
In the meantime, industrialised chickens – and their viruses – have come home to roost in Victoria, setting the stage for a pandemic immeasurably worse than COVID-19| From Filmers to Farmers
In other words, treat COVID-19 like a dry-run for the upcoming “big one”| From Filmers to Farmers
Eviction filings are far above pre-pandemic levels in many cities across the country as pandemic relief disappears and inflation causes rents to spike.| AP News
View the Main Report “The Origin and Implications of the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Expert Survey”| Global Catastrophic Risk Institute
"If that’s what always happens in the movies, why wouldn’t that happen in real life as well?"| The Science of Fiction
Note from Andrea: Check out this awesome resource guide we created in collaboration with Sean Carleton, Carolyn Podruchny, and Active History! By Sean Carleton, Andrea Eidinger, Carolyn Podruchny. We are living in unprecedented times, or so we are being told by many commentators, health experts, and politicians these days. Just last week, Dictionary.com| Unwritten Histories