The Next Pandemic Won't Have the Symptoms You're Watching For
Outbreak detection still runs on fixed symptom checklists. A new Nature comment argues for symptom preparedness, and gives AI one narrow job.
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AI-Designed Bird Flu Vaccine Beat the Stockpile Jab. Here's the Catch
A computer-designed mRNA bird flu vaccine outperformed WHO-based candidates in mice and ferrets. Here is what the Cell Reports Medicine study shows, and what it cannot yet tell us.
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Delphy: Bayesian Phylogenetics at Outbreak Speed
Delphy reformulates Bayesian phylogenetics around explicit mutations and runs in a browser, cutting an H5N1 outbreak analysis from over 21 days to 42 minutes.
Can AI and phone data outrun Congo's record Ebola outbreak?
For the first time in an Ebola response, WHO and Flowminder are using anonymised mobile-phone data and modelling to predict where Congo's Bundibugyo outbreak will spread next. An early test called all ten hotspots. Here is what it means for pandemic preparedness.
Can AI See the Next Pandemic Coming? What the Evidence Says in 2026
Artificial intelligence is moving from the lab into the working machinery of pandemic preparedness, from spotting risky viruses in genetic data to scanning the world's news for early signals. Here is what it can and cannot do in 2026.
First mRNA flu vaccine wins FDA approval. A quiet revolution for pandemic preparedness
On 5 August 2026, the FDA approved Moderna's mFLUSIVA, the first mRNA seasonal flu vaccine. The decision is small in label and large in consequence, because the same platform that produced COVID-19 shots in months can now be redirected to a pandemic influenza strain in weeks.
