Feature|Videos|January 9, 2025
Spark Risk: Improving Pandemic Sentinel Warnings
Advances in surveillance, including AI and wastewater monitoring, are critical to detecting and responding to emerging pathogens.
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It is imperative to improve global surveillance systems to detect emerging pathogens. The panelists advocate for using innovative tools like wastewater analysis, AI, and syndromic surveillance while balancing traditional methods and addressing infrastructure gaps in high-risk regions.
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