15 h. ago UK's first confirmed 'reverse zoonosis' case as experts issue pandemic warning

Calls have been made to put a stop to the fur trade and wet markets in an effort to stop diseases spreading.

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17 h. ago Health experts warn fur trade and factory farms could spark new pandemics

Some of the world's leading health experts have warned that to prevent future pandemics the fur trade should end - calling it a ticking time bomb.

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4 d. ago Martin Lewis warns of looming deadline for anyone who worked from home during pandemic

Those who worked at home could claim up to £140 to cover extra costs such as water, heating and electricity

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6 d. ago Scientists warn virus that poses 'serious global threat' could become next pandemic

The mpox virus poses an "ever-increasing" epidemic and pandemic risk, British scientists warn

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1 week ago Bird flu warning as UK health boss says virus has 'pandemic potential'

The UKHSA director warns the circulating strain of bird flu has the potential to become a pandemic after a case of bird flu in sheep was confirmed

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1 week ago Alert as UK health chiefs warn bird flu could trigger 'next pandemic'

Senior British health officials have said bird flu has shown a noted change within just the past three to four years compared to when the pathogen first emerged in the mid 1990s.

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1 week ago Bird flu 'pandemic' warning as UK health boss says virus has dangerous 'potential'

Richard Peabody, director of epidemic and emerging infections at the UK Health Security Agency, has warned that bird flu has the potential to become a 'future pandemic'

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1 week ago UKHSA warning as 'priority pathogen' watch list reveals 24 'danger' viruses with biggest risk to public health

Bird flu and coronaviruses are diseases in the 'deadly' virus families that health officials warn have pandemic potential

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1 week ago 'Disease X' warning as experts list viruses that could spark next pandemic

One leading scientist has warned that one virus poses a “threat far worse than Covid impossible to control by even the strictest lockdown”.

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2 w. ago Covid hoax lies mean 'we're finished if another pandemic hits' warns doctor

"I think if we had another pandemic tomorrow, it would be a disaster because nobody would believe it existed."

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3 w. ago "Scotland unprepared for next Covid pandemic" as expert warns crippling cuts leave services too weak

Roz Foyer, general secretary of the Scottish Trades Union Congress has reflected on the last outbreak five years on.

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4 w. ago Experts warn Americans ‘should bank on’ having more pandemics in the future

It’s been five years since Covid gripped the globe. Experts say the next global pandemic is coming

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