Disease X: Are We Looking At A Virus Deadlier Than COVID-19?

Experts around the world are warning that a new, unknown disease, dubbed "Disease X," could cause an even deadlier pandemic than COVID-19. The World Health Organization (WHO) has called Disease X a "hypothetical infectious disease that has the potential to cause a future global pandemic." It is a placeholder term used to represent the unknown, but the WHO has warned that Disease X could be "on its way."