The viruses that pose the biggest risk to public health have been revealed. Among the viral pathogen families classed as high ...

The disease has resulted in millions of animals being culled as the close contact with humans poses a great risk.

Bird flu, politics and a Presidential election are among the factors. But eggs are a trade-off in other ways too. Mridula ...

UKHSA has revealed the most dangerous pathogens for Britain as one scientist warns a measles-like virus would ‘pose a threat far worse than Covid’ and be ‘impossible to control’ ...

UK health experts have pinpointed four high-risk emerging viruses with the potential to trigger the next global pandemic, ...

Among the viral families classed as high risk for both epidemics and pandemics are coronaviridae, which includes Covid-19, and the orthomyxoviridae family, which includes bird flu.

A list of “priority pathogens” published by UKHSA also includes the viral family orthomyxoviridae, of which influenza A viruses belong to. In December, the Government agreed a deal to buy more than ...

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has released a new reference tool to help guide preparedness efforts against the ...

Cases of the disease, belonging to the Orthomyxoviridae family, are worryingly on the rise as the virus continues to claim the lives of mammals. The UK Health Security Agency says the H5N1 virus ...

UK officials published a watch list of 24 "priority pathogen" families on Tuesday, hoping to boost readiness in case another ...

The H5N1 strain of bird flu has the "potential to become a pandemic", according to an expert at the UK Health Security Agency. Richard Pebody, director of epidemic and emerging infections at UKHSA, ...

The UKHSA called for greater research efforts into Coronaviridae, which includes COVID-19, Paramyxoviridae, which includes measles and Nipah virus, and the Orthomyxoviridae family, which includes ...