Disease X 2024 Outbreak. Who dg tedros ghebreyesus has requested the member countries to sign the health organization’s pandemic treaty and reach a pandemic agreement to address the threat. The term “disease x” means a new infection, or an existing pathogen that has mutated to become more dangerous, with the potential to cause a global pandemic.
Understanding the ancestry of virus families may assist researchers in pinpointing which variants possess the potential to become disease x, the elusive pathogen responsible. Health leaders are avidly discussing the possibility of a pandemic caused by “disease x” at the world economic forum in davos.