As the coronavirus continues to dominate headlines and conversations around the world, many people are wondering how exactly we should define the outbreak: epidemic or pandemic? Last week ...

We used to think of measles outbreaks in the United States as isolated events: short-lived and confined to close-knit ...

Research reveals why the "loneliness epidemic" narrative is misleading—and why focusing on social structures instead of ...

With the acute phase of the Covid-19 pandemic fading even as the coronavirus persists and evolves, a new normal is taking shape around the world. “It still feels kind of incomplete,” said ...

Kennedy Jr. falsely claiming that vaccines caused the 1918-1919 influenza pandemic known as the Spanish flu. One Facebook ...

Health officials in Britain have published a first-of-its-kind list of the disease-causing viruses they believe pose the greatest risk to humans - including four viruses highlighted as pandemic risks.

And a lab in a suitcase. These are some of the ways the world has changed – for worse and for better – in the wake of the pandemic. This week marks the fifth anniversary of the World Health ...

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Senior health officials have warned bird flu could spark the next pandemic, following a recent 'twist in the story'. Richard Pebody, director of epidemic and emerging infections at The UK Health ...