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Beware 'Disease X': The Mystery Killer Keeping Scientists Awake at Night

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Mon, 2018-03-12 07:10 — Kathy Gilbeaux

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telegraph.co.uk - by Alanna Shaikh - March 10, 2018

Over two days in early February, the World Health Organisation (WHO) convened an expert committee at its Geneva headquarters to consider the unthinkable.

The goal was to identify pathogens with the potential to spread and kill millions but for which there are currently no, or insufficient, countermeasures available . . . 

 . . . In addition to eight frightening but familiar diseases including Ebola, Zika, and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), the list included a ninth global threat: Disease X.

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Fri, 2018-04-06 21:02 — Kathy Gilbeaux

weforum.org - by Adam Jezard - March 28, 2018

Medical experts around the world agree another flu pandemic is overdue.

But they also fear even deadlier diseases – perhaps ones unknown or long forgotten – could wreak global havoc.

Which is why the World Health Organization (WHO) has included a “Disease X” in its latest plans for coping with unexpected pandemics: “X” means “unexpected”.

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