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Dairy farmers and veterinarians in northern Texas furiously investigated a mysterious illness among cattle before the government got involved. Farm cat deaths were the tip off.

WHO introduces term 'infectious respiratory particles' for pathogens transmitted through the air, ending terminology challenges during pandemics.

England’s chief medical officer said the risks of going into lockdown too early or too late had to be balanced.

Infectious diseases expert Jeremy Farrar has himself been at the center of the debate over the mysterious origins of COVID, which first broke out in China in late 2019.

She also said she regretted having to divert resources from emergency planning to preparing for the potential of a no-deal Brexit.

Ex-SNP leader told off for saying: ‘Every aspect of Brexit has been a false economy’

Scotland’s first minister at the time of the pandemic, Nicola Sturgeon, said this was a ‘significant gap’.

“The world’s a very complicated place now. It’s tense. The world has lived through a pandemic where India played a critical role in science and technology, the development of vaccines, the manufacturing of drugs, diagnostics, and therapeutics. It played a key role globally,” World Health Organisation chief scientist Jeremy Farrar…

Paediatrician and geneticist determined to save the lives of children in countries where malaria is endemic