The Trump administration has not staffed an office established by Congress to prepare the nation for future pandemics, ...

Amid a worsening avian flu crisis, staffers have not been hired for the federal agency in charge of pandemic response.

Five years after the World Health Organization declared a global pandemic, there has been progress — and backsliding in the ...

Five years after COVID-19 reached pandemic status, public health experts reflect on what we learned—and how those lessons can ...

Local health experts say Greater Boston is generally more prepared for a pandemic now than it was in 2020, but headwinds ...

Bermuda’s leaders must embrace the opportunity to implement policies that ensure equitable healthcare access, robust public ...

The White House Office of Pandemic Preparedness and Response Policy (OPPR)—established by a congressional statute in 2022 in response to failures during the COVID-19 pandemic—used to include a ...

The emergence of bird flu in Florida, particularly its impact on dolphins, raises concerns about potential human transmission ...

Dr. Shira Doron, the point person for pandemic preparedness at Tufts Medical Center, reflects on how her team responded to the pandemic and how surprised she was about what happened outside the ...

The European Union is preparing for new security challenges, with Brussels advising households on Wednesday to stockpile ...

The White House Office of Pandemic Preparedness and Response Policy was established by Congress in 2022 in response to mistakes that led to a flat-footed response to the Covid-19 pandemic.