When it comes to infectious diseases in the news, you often hear terms like outbreak, epidemic, pandemic and endemic. The differences in these terms comes down to the scope of ...

Terms like outbreak, epidemic, pandemic and public health emergency each describe a different level of spread, and they help determine how fast and how far the response goes.

Back at the end of January, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak a public health emergency of international concern. COVID-19 remains an epidemic, which means that theres been a ...

Experts warn that the risk of a new public health emergency is skyrocketing while investment and measures to address it are ...

The steps set out in the report on global pandemic preparedness are vitally important for managing future outbreaks.

Years after the U.S. began to slowly emerge from mandatory COVID-19 lockdowns, more than half of older adults still spend more time at home and less time socializing in public spaces than they did pre ...