MARKETSSTORY 524· JULY 8, 2026

New virus catalog ranks which pathogens pose the greatest pandemic threat

A catalog of RNA viruses, meaning viruses whose genetic code is stored in ribonucleic acid rather than DNA, now ranks the 239 species known to infect humans by their potential to cause a public health emergency. The catalog was assembled…

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