In 2018, the WHO introduced Disease X to its list of blueprint priority diseases. This was a forward-thinking decision, ...

Respiratory pathogens like influenza and COVID-19 are being investigated as possible causes of this new Disease X. According to NPR, so are malaria and measles. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control ...

While the world is still recovering from the impact of COVID-19 six years after it first began spreading, global health experts are already warning about the possibility of another major outbreak - ...

The World Health Organization has recorded more than 400 cases of a mysterious, deadly, flu-like illness dubbed “Disease X” in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and is struggling to uncover its ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dave Wessner is a virologist who covers infectious diseases. Researchers throughout the world have expressed concern about a ...

Disease X has pops up in the news from time to time since it was created in 2017 and according to the World Health Organization, more than 300 scientists continue to study and research more than 25 ...

COVID-19 took the world by storm in early 2020, being declared a pandemic in March of that year. While it was the most recent emerging infectious disease, experts anticipate it won’t be the last. Well ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dozens of people have died in south-west Congo after contracting a mysterious illness, dubbed Disease X. Authorities are racing to ...

Editor’s Note (12/27/24): The World Health Organization announced that the mystery “Disease X” is likely a combination of common and seasonal viral respiratory infections and malaria, compounded by ...