Health officials in Britain have published a first-of-its-kind list of the disease-causing viruses they believe pose the greatest risk to humans - including four viruses highlighted as pandemic risks.

Bird flu tops list of viruses likely to cause another pandemic - so authorities are on high alert As avian influenza is found in a sheep in Yorkshire, the close contact humans have with ...

Some are viruses with global pandemic potential - like Covid - others infectious illnesses with no treatments.

A leading scientist has warned the list includes viruses that may be ‘impossible to control by even the strictest lockdown’. Such is the concern that the Government announced the launch of a ...

The list of 24 infectious diseases has been created to help scientists make new tests, vaccines and medication in preparation ...

Swift action like that reduces the chances of the virus evolving genetic changes and spreading. US authorities were too slow to act when the virus was detected in cattle. It's now in at least 950 ...

A sheep infected with bird flu will ring another alarm bell as the virus continues to drift into mammals. It's the first time anywhere in the world that a sheep is known to have been infected. It just ...

A new list of viruses and bacteria which pose the greatest threat to public health has been published by health officials to bolster preparedness for any future pandemic. The “priority pathogen ...

The list does not mean UKHSA thinks any one pathogen ... for officials to adjust to the threat posed by a different type of virus. Dr Oliver said: 'This is an important lesson from from the ...

Pointless because the list of viruses is so long that its tricky to name a significant viral pathogen that has not been included. Potentially harmful because a prescriptive list like this could ...

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You might not have heard of them, but these are among virus families at high risk of causing the next pandemic, according to a threat list released by the government. The UK Health Security Agency ...