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Daniela Manno: Prompt treatment saves lives, and this message should be strongly emphasised within communities

Expert Comment – Marburg outbreak in Rwanda declared over

Friday 20 December 2024

Professor Adam Kucharski: Only in hindsight can we distinguish between isolated infections, localised outbreaks and full-blown pandemics. In the initial stages, all these events will look similar.

Act early for real success in pandemic preparedness

Monday 16 December 2024

Gregory Barnsley, Research Degree student at LSHTM and first author on the paper, said: "Our research helps highlight that the 100 days mission is more than the scientific effort to develop vaccines faster. Improvements in infrastructure and vaccine equity will also save lives in future pandemics.

The 100 Days Mission: Quicker vaccines may help but they are only part of the solution

Monday 11 November 2024

Graphic representation of mpox virus structure. Credit: LSHTM.

Expert Comment – First case of Clade Ib mpox detected in UK

Thursday 31 October 2024

Ed Newman quote card: “The UK Public Health Rapid Support team ensures that our expertise in tackling infectious disease outbreaks is rapidly available to support countries who are responding to public health emergencies."

UK Public Health Rapid Support Team deployed to support African mpox response

Wednesday 16 October 2024

Alexis Robert quote card: If there were no outbreaks, this small amount of waning would not show up in any data. The key issue here is coverage, not the effectiveness of the vaccine.

MMR remains best protection against measles, but level of protection decreases slightly over time

Friday 27 September 2024

Quote by Prof Punam Mangtani, LSHTM: “The findings give greater urgency to co-create with affected communities, effective and acceptable interventions in order to reduce spillover infections from camels to humans.”

New study provides insights into animal to human transmission of MERSCoV

Friday 23 August 2024

A graphic representing mpox virus

Mpox: what our experts are saying

Friday 23 August 2024

"It's clear current mpox control strategies aren't working and there is an urgent need for more resources including people, money and vaccines." Michael Marks, Professor of Medicine, LSHTM

Expert Comment – WHO declares mpox outbreak a public health emergency

Thursday 15 August 2024

"The risks of Oropouche virus infection to foetal development remain uncertain and require closer scrutiny." Enny Paixao, Associate Professor, LSHTM

Expert Comment – Oropouche outbreak across South America

Friday 2 August 2024

A key factor which affected COVID-19's impact was the data infrastructure, resources, protocols and policies that other countries had before the pandemic, which in some cases put them in a much better position than the UK

Expert Comment – First report from the UK COVID-19 Inquiry published

Friday 19 July 2024

"The fight against pandemics is like counter-terrorism, we must use similar approaches such as gathering and sharing the best intelligence on global disease threats and joining forces to confront outbreaks...' Professor Liam Smeeth, Director, LSHTM

Treat pandemic fight like counter-terrorism, LSHTM Director urges

Thursday 18 July 2024