We should care more about emerging infectious diseases, and the tools we need to fight them

By Idowu Olawoye, Postdoctoral Associate, Microbiology & Immunology, Western University

Throughout human history, disease outbreaks have emerged and re-emerged. What’s different now is that with global travel, outbreaks can move quickly among and between populations.

A familiar example would be the COVID-19 pandemic and how it disrupted the world as we know it today. During this period, a lot of technological advancements were achieved during a short time such as vaccine roll-out and also tracking…

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