{"id":30320,"date":"2024-12-15T13:03:55","date_gmt":"2024-12-15T13:03:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/cider\/?post_type=news&#038;p=30320"},"modified":"2024-12-16T02:16:46","modified_gmt":"2024-12-16T02:16:46","slug":"should-we-be-concerned-of-disease-x-spreading","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/cider\/news\/should-we-be-concerned-of-disease-x-spreading\/","title":{"rendered":"Should we be concerned of Disease X spreading?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A recent outbreak in Congo has claimed dozens of lives and left hundreds suffering from a flu-like illness now referred to as Disease X.<\/p>\n<p>Disease X has raised global alarm due to its high fatality rate, the severity of symptoms, and the mystery surrounding its cause.<\/p>\n<p>And despite international health teams being dispatched to investigate, the exact pathogen behind the outbreak remains unidentified.<\/p>\n<p>The outbreak has raised alarm among global health experts, given its potential to emerge as the next pandemic threat, yet the cause of the illness remains unknown.<\/p>\n<p>On <a href=\"https:\/\/omny.fm\/shows\/moneyfm-evening-show\/the-big-story-should-we-be-concerned-of-disease-x\">The Big Story<\/a>, Hongbin Jeong speaks to\u00a0Professor Dale Fisher, Director, NUS Centre for Infectious Disease Emergency Response and Senior Consultant, National University Hospital,\u00a0to delve deeper into what Disease X means for global health.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Big Story: Should we be concerned of Disease X spreading?\" src=\"https:\/\/omny.fm\/shows\/moneyfm-evening-show\/the-big-story-should-we-be-concerned-of-disease-x\/embed?style=Cover\" width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A recent outbreak in Congo has claimed dozens of lives and left hundreds suffering from a flu-like illness now referred to as Disease X. 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