Pandemics
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The international community continues to deal with the fallout of COVID-19, and worries about more transmissible and lethal coronavirus variants have reinforced concerns that the world is entering an “age of pandemics.” Experts agree that it is not a matter of if, but when, the next large-scale outbreak of infectious disease will occur.
Governments around the world are devoting more resources to global health security as the framework for preventing, detecting, and responding to biological threats, whether naturally occurring, accidental, or deliberate.