Scientists comment on an unknown illness in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Prof Paul Hunter, Professor in Medicine, … read more
A study published in Science looks at a mutation in bovine influenza (H5N1) hemagglutinin (HA) which could switch binding specificity to human … read more
Scientists comment on UKHSA announcing that the UK has secured doses of the human H5 influenza vaccine. Dr Ed … read more
Scientists comment on reports of a case of Clade 1 Mpox in Sweden. Dr Jonas Albarnaz, a Research Fellow … read more
Scientists react to the WHO declaring Mpox a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. Dr Brian Ferguson, Associate Professor … read more
Scientists comment on cases of the Oropouche virus in South America and Europe. Dr Philip Veal, Travel Health Consultant … read more
A study published in Nature looks at the infectivity and transmission of H5N1 influenza. Prof Ash Banyard, Virologist, Animal and Plant … read more
A new strain of mpox (formerly known as monkey pox) has been identified in adults and children on the Democratic … read more
Scientists react to Phase 3 data on the combination vaccine against COVID-19 and flu. Prof John Tregoning, Professor in … read more
Scientists comment UKHSA advice following a rise in E.coli cases. Prof Nicola Holden, Bacteriologist and a member of Applied … read more
Scientists comment on the current Whooping Cough situation in the UK. Prof Andrew Preston, Milner Centre for Evolution, University … read more
Scientists react to news that a man in Mexico has died of H5N2 bird flu. Professor Sir Peter Horby, … read more
A study published in The New England Journal of Medicine looks at cows milk containing avian influenza virus A (H5N1) … read more
Scientists react to a rise in whooping cough cases in the UK. Prof Adam Finn, Professor of Paediatrics, University … read more
Scientists react to a conference abstract which reports that long-COVID is indistinguishable from other respiratory post-viral syndromes. Dr Aimee … read more
Scientists react to the detection of avian influenza in mammals in the sub-Antarctica region. Dr Kathleen Steinhöfel, a Reader in … read more
A study published in the Journal of Physics: Complexity looks at knowledge of social networks in epidemic modelling. Dr Marc … read more
A study published in eClinicalMedicine looks at long term symptoms associated with respiratory infections such as the common cold versus … read more
There have been several media reports of an undiagnosed pneumonia outbreak in Argentina. Dr Jake Dunning, Senior Research Fellow … read more
The University of Oxford’s Pandemic Sciences Institute (PSI) will formally launch this week. It will draw together academics and experts … read more
