WHO Assembles Scientists In Geneva To Predict Next Pandemic.

reports the World Health Organization has called for scientists to travel to Geneva on Dec. 8 and 9 to “discuss which infectious disease is likely to spark the next pandemic.” The WHO does not want to be caught off-guard, “as it was last year” by the Ebola outbreak. Some possible diseases include other Ebola species, the “closely related” Marburg virus, Middle East respiratory syndrome, Influenza, Nipah and Hendra viruses, or previously unknown pathogens, such as SARS. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said the preparation means “you are better positioned to respond to anything, even something that you never imagined in your wildest dreams.” http://www.nature.com/news/disease-specialists-identify-post-ebola-threats-1.18952