In March 2020, the UK's 24,000 schools were closed for most children at the start of the pandemic, opening and closing multiple times in the months that followed. Anne Longfield, who was the ...

MPox, MERS (another coronavirus with a high fatality rate), and Ebola are just some of the currently circulating pathogens with pandemic potential. And, of course, "Disease X" (a potential virus ...

training them in pandemic preparedness. This experience has already paid off, Chan said. It helped Rhode Island respond to an outbreak of mpox – a viral illness formerly known as monkeypox ...