U.S. sociologist Scott Feld wrote, "Your friends have more friends than you do." Feld's so-called friendship paradox states ...

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

Avian flu is rampant in poultry farms and in wild birds in the U.S. Every mutation brings the virus one step closer to the ...

The COVID pandemic ... cause human disease. Members of each viral family share common properties and our immune systems respond to them in similar ways. The WHO's blueprint for epidemics aims ...

The U.S. is seeing a "quad-demic" as cases of COVID-19, flu, RSV and norovirus spread at the same time. Experts said this is ...

The mysteriously named Disease X has the potential to become the next big pandemic, a doctor has warned, while also claiming the world isn't prepared for a sudden boom in cases. Disease X - which ...

The WHO has downplayed concerns over a rise in HMPV cases, saying outbreaks are normal during winter in the Northern ...

A new treatment for sexually-transmitted diseases seems to be slowing an STI epidemic — but not everyone can get it ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In December, the DRC Ministry of Health announced the emergence of an unknown disease causing influenza-like ...

In 2019, Samoa experienced a measles outbreak ... epidemic after the confirmation of seven cases. The government urged vaccination but was slow to implement solutions. By the end of October, the ...