Six years after COVID-19 forced the U.N. General Assembly 's annual meeting of world leaders to go virtual for the first time ever, pandemics no longer dominate the conversation at the global gathering. Wars, natural disasters, geopolitical polarization and this year's hot-button worry — artificial intelligence — have seized attention.
But the General Assembly's leader and health officials sought Friday to make sure that the lurking possibility of another worldwide disease emergency stays on the agenda.
