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Beware 'Disease X': The Mystery Killer Keeping Scientists Awake at Night
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Beware 'Disease X': The Mystery Killer Keeping Scientists Awake at Night
Mon, 2018-03-12 07:10 — Kathy GilbeauxCLICK HERE - WHO - R&D Blueprint - List of Blueprint priority diseases
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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