EcoHealth Alliance, Dr. Daszak Sanctioned for Coronavirus Gain-of-Function Research
On Jan. 17, 2025, the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform announced that the nonprofit EcoHealth Alliance (EHA) and its former president, Peter Daszak, PhD, have been barred from receiving funds from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for five years. The sanction was imposed after evidence revealed that EcoHealth […]
Doctors Warn New Pandemic Will Be 20 Times Deadlier Than COVID
A new and ominous health threat looms on the horizon as global experts warn of Disease X—a theoretical but entirely plausible pathogen with the potential to cause devastation far exceeding COVID-19. First coined by the World Health Organization in 2018, Disease X represents an unknown future pandemic, serving as both a wakeup call and a […]
WHO Declares HMPV Outbreak in China a Global Health Emergency
Are we looking at the early stages of what will become yet another declaration of a global pandemic? The World Health Organization (WHO) last week declared that an outbreak of human metapneumovirus (HMPV) in China is a global health emergency. At a press conference in Geneva on Jan. 2, 2025, WHO Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus announced […]
First Severe Case of Human Bird Flu Confirmed in U.S.
Officials at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have confirmed diagnosis of the first severe human case of “bird flu” or H5N1 avian influenza. They determined that the hospitalized patient, a resident of Louisiana, was exposed to “sick and dead birds in backyard flocks,” although the source of the infection in the […]
U.S. May Again Move to Withdraw from WHO
The incoming Trump administration plans to withdraw the United States from membership in the World Health Organization (WHO) on Jan. 20, 2025—the first day of President Trump’s second term. The move was originally reported by the Financial Times on Dec. 22, 2024.1 2 3 4 5 “I have it on good authority that he plans […]
WHO Names 17 Pathogens as Top Priorities for Global Vaccine Development
A new World Health Organization (WHO) study published in eBioMedicine last week highlights 17 viral and bacterial pathogens that are major sources of endemic disease around the world and that WHO officials believe should be urgently prioritized for vaccine development. The study marks the WHO’s first global effort to systematically prioritize endemic pathogens with epidemic […]