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AI Is Already Watching for the Next Outbreak

We imagine AI against pandemics as the future — but WHO's Epidemic Intelligence from Open Sources (EIOS) already scans open…

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Building Solon: Can an AI Learn to Follow Biological Risk Through the Law?

A pathogen can move through animals, people, wastewater, databases, vaccines and trade as one continuous biological event — while the…

Analysis

The Law Has a One Health Problem

A pathogen moves through animals, people, laboratories, databases, products and trade as one connected event — but the law sees…

Analysis

Who Is Actually in Charge During a Pandemic?

A new virus spreads; WHO declares an emergency; and countries do completely different things. So who is actually in charge?…

Analysis

The Rules of Outbreaks: What Happens Next?

Over the Rules of Outbreaks series we followed a pathogen through a complicated legal world. So what happens next? A…

Analysis

Who Governs a Global Outbreak?

An unknown virus jumps from animals to people, crosses a border and appears in genomic databases within days. But no…

Analysis

The International Health Regulations: What Happens When an Outbreak Crosses a Border?

An outbreak becomes internationally significant long before anyone says "pandemic". The law that governs the moment it crosses a border…

Analysis

What Is a Pandemic Emergency?

After COVID, governments decided a PHEIC was not enough. The 2024 IHR amendments created a new highest alert — the…

Analysis

The WHO Pandemic Agreement: What Did Countries Actually Agree To?

In May 2025 governments adopted the world's first pandemic treaty. It does not create a world health government or let…

Analysis

PABS: Who Owns a Pathogen?

A country finds a virus with pandemic potential. The world wants the genome within hours — but what does that…

Analysis

Trust Is Biosecurity Infrastructure

If trust determines whether biological-security systems work, why don't we measure it?

Analysis

Separate Systems, Shared Outbreaks: How the UK and EU Cooperate on Infectious-Disease Surveillance After Brexit

A respiratory virus in France can reach Britain within hours; foodborne outbreaks span both. Brexit changed Britain's relationship with EU…

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