India, Nov. 4 -- A new global report warns that inequality is increasing the world's vulnerability to pandemics, making them more deadly, more costly and longer lasting - and where you live, could determine how badly impacted you are.

The study, released on Monday, ahead of G20 meetings taking place later this month in Johannesburg, South Africa, shows that unequal access to housing, healthcare, education and employment leaves millions more exposed to disease.

Breaking the inequality-pandemic cycle: building true health security in a global age, calls for a fundamental shift in what we mean by "health security."

The new data shows pandemics increase inequality, fuelling a cycle that is visible not just in the aftermath of COVID-19, but...