The reproduction number R is often used as an indicator to predict how quickly an infectious disease will spread.

U.S. sociologist Scott Feld wrote, "Your friends have more friends than you do." Feld's so-called friendship paradox states that the friends of any given person have more friends on average than the ...

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I would have been bored, except the pain was so tiring that I could barely function. I spent the days shuffling around the ...

Hepatitis E, a potentially serious viral liver disease, is transmitted through contaminated water. The risk is particularly high in populations with limited access to safe water and sanitation. In ...

A new study analyzed data from 2.9 million individuals across 118 countries and found that consumption of sugar-sweetened ...

Zoonotic pathogens very likely caused the last pandemic. Can we get better at halting them before the next one?

An eastern German region says it is lifting a ban on the transport of animals that was imposed last weekend after ...

This whooping cough epidemic might be the biggest, ugliest and most challenging in New Zealand's history. Photo / 123RF Dr ...