The UK Health Security Agency identified four virus families—some deadlier than COVID-19—with high pandemic potential. One, ...

Influenza virus is an infectious agent belonging to the virus family Orthomyxoviridae that causes a respiratory tract infection (influenza or 'flu') in vertebrates. There are three main species ...

Earlier this year, a 15-year-old boy from Rochdale was left paralysed in January after contracting AFM. Coronaviruses such as Covid-19 and MERS, which has killed more than 900 people, are also being ...

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 ...

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

You might not have heard of them, but these are among virus families at high risk of causing the next pandemic, according to a threat list released by the government. The UK Health Security Agency ...

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

Health bosses have revealed the most dangerous viruses and diseases that pose the biggest threat to public health – and could even have pandemic potential. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA ...

Each group was then given a rating of high, medium or low risk. Coronaviridae, which includes COVID-19; orthomyxoviridae, which includes avian influenza; and paramyxoviridae, which causes the ...

Those belonged to the families Coronaviridae (including Covid-19 and Middle Eastern respiratory syndrome), Orthomyxoviridae (flu), Paramyxoviridae (Nipah virus, measles), and Peribunyaviridae ...

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