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Pandemic Center

The Pandemic Center

The Pandemic Center

Informing Action. Training Leaders. Increasing Resilience.

We are in an age of pandemic threats.

COVID-19, the most consequential pandemic in a century, is not our last. The Pandemic Center is working to prevent, reduce vulnerabilities and increase resilience to pandemics, other biological emergencies, and the harms they pose to health, peace, security, and prosperity. The Pandemic Center is an independent and credible voice for positive disruption.

This Pandemic Center is uniquely positioned to work across disciplines and sectors to generate and analyze evidence, educate a new generation of leaders, and ensure this work is translated to effective policy and practice around the globe.

Dr. Mukesh Chawla has joined the Pandemic Center as a Senior Adviser

We're excited to announce Dr. Mukesh Chawla has joined the Pandemic Center as a Senior Adviser. With decades of global health economics leadership, Dr. Chawla will help drive our work in sustainable pandemic financing and global health security.

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The Pandemic Center Tracking Report

Each week, we gather and analyze published data concerning domestic and international infectious disease outbreaks. Our goal is to interpret, contextualize, and summarize this data to keep readers informed.

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WHO: 2K frontline workers in DRC have received Ebola vaccine

September 10, 2026
So far, approximately 2,000 frontline workers have been vaccinated against Ebola virus in a growing outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, WHO told Healio.

The vaccine, Ervebo (Merck), is licensed for a different species of Ebola than the one causing the outbreak, but early nonclinical data show it may provide some cross-protection against the currently circulating strain.

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News from the Pandemic Center

Backed by an Award from the Andrew Carnegie Foundation, the Brown Pandemic Center Launches a New Fellowship to Advance Global Biothreat Reduction, New Cohort Announced

September 10, 2026
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News from Watson

Wilmot James assumes directorship of the Africa Initiative with a forward-focused agenda

September 10, 2026
Wilmot James, an internationally recognized public health expert and former member of South Africa’s Parliament, is the new director of the Watson School’s Africa Initiative. James has ambitious plans for the initiative, which will highlight African contributions to global affairs and focus on the continent’s future and untapped potential.
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Meeting the Moment: 25-26 Impact Report

The world faces historic public health challenges as funding cuts erode our ability to prevent, detect, and respond to serious disease threats. We are generating impactful data, advancing innovative policy, and educating the next generation of leaders to confront both predictable and unprecedented biosecurity challenges.

Learn more from this year's Impact Report

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