Disease X: Can this lab stop the next pandemic?
Plus, AI takes over Edinburgh Fringe
Tech and Science Daily | The Standard · Rachelle Abbott
August 7, 20236m 51s
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Show Notes
Professor Dame Jenny Harries, head of the UK Health Security Agency, helps unveil the new centre aimed at tackling pandemics by preventing ‘Disease X’.
Plus, is artificial intelligence taking over Edinburgh Fringe? And even Zoom is sending staff back to the office.
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