The current Disease X appears to be airborne in the African Condo with pandemic potential, but what it is is a mystery right now as it spreads among hundreds with nearly 100 fatalities.

This hypothetical virus that had yet to emerge has been called Disease X. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), Disease X was a placeholder name adopted in 2018, for the pathogen that ...

In the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic, global attention has shifted to potentially more serious threat known as Disease X. This hypothetical pathogen serves as a placeholder for any unforeseen ...

“Until 2020, most people expected Disease X, the next pandemic, would be an influenza virus,” says Lisa F. P. Ng, Executive Director of the A*STAR Infectious Diseases Labs (ID Labs) in Singapore.