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In an exclusive interview with Fortune, the WHO's COVID-19 lead said the organization is ready to assign a new Greek letter on a moment’s notice, but is holding out for a variant that's "truly different." Not all experts agree with the approach.

Although no cases have yet been reported in humans, scientists share concerns that the infection with no cure may jump to humans, which they should be prepared for.

Warnings that ‘slow-moving disaster’ in North America raises chances of fatal mad cow-type disease jumping species barrier

‘We have no evidence whatsoever of any connection to any outbreaks statewide or internationally’

‘We have no evidence whatsoever of any connection to any outbreaks statewide or internationally’

‘We have no evidence whatsoever of any connection to any outbreaks statewide or internationally’

‘We have no evidence whatsoever of any connection to any outbreaks statewide or internationally’

Expect peaks this fall and winter not as much as a high wall of cases, experts say.

Multidrug-resistant E. coli were found in 40% of store-bought meat samples tested in one Spanish city in 2020, according to data that will be presented this weekend at the European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases in Copenhagen.

It’s never been more important for clinicians to ensure that the antibiotics they’re prescribing are appropriate, one expert tells Fortune—and for patients to understand that if their provider isn’t prescribing antibiotics, it may be for good reason.

ATLANTA -- As of Feb. 24, Atlanta’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated 25 million illnesses, 280,000 hospitalizations and 18,000 deaths from the flu this season. With that in mind, the CDC also reported that influenza activity is low nationwide as of Feb. 18. The virus certainly made an…