LONDON (Reuters) – An international coalition set up to prepare for future infectious disease threats set out what it called its “moonshot” plan on Wednesday […]
How the media may be making the COVID-19 mental health epidemic worse
Since the pandemic began, anxiety rates in the U.S. have tripled; the rate of depression has quadrupled. Now research is suggesting the media is part […]
Zika infections drastically underreported during 2015 epidemic
More than 100 million infections of Zika virus within Central and South America and the Caribbean went undetected between 2015 and 2018, according to a […]
Drug overdose epidemic is transmitted from old to young, study shows
It’s no secret that America has an ever-worsening drug addiction problem, but how much does a person’s birth year come into play? Researchers at the […]
China stiffens defences against epidemic as death toll hits 56
China expanded drastic travel restrictions Sunday to contain an epidemic that has killed 56 people and infected nearly 2,000, as the US, France and Japan […]
Tonga closes schools as measles epidemic spreads
An electron micrograph of the measles virus. Credit: CDC/ Courtesy of Cynthia S. Goldsmith All government primary schools and kindergartens in Tonga have been shut […]
Samoa closes pre-schools over measles epidemic
Pre-schools in Samoa were closed Thursday as the tiny Pacific nation seeks to contain a measles epidemic believed to have claimed at least three lives, […]
America’s crack epidemic examined in new book
When David Farber lived in Philadelphia, he met a crack dealer who sold the drug to a mostly homeless clientele outside the professor’s apartment. “I […]
Alarming number of heart infections tied to opioid epidemic
An alarming number of people nationwide are developing infections of either the heart’s inner lining or valves, known as infective endocarditis, in large part, due […]
North Macedonia declares measles epidemic
North Macedonia’s health authorities have declared a nationwide measles epidemic in the small Balkan country after more than 960 cases were registered since the beginning […]
Video: Fighting the opioid epidemic with data
In an effort to stay a step ahead of the opioid epidemic, UConn Health is part of a collaboration with the state Department of Public […]
Racial/Ethnic, Income Variation ID’d in the Opioid Epidemic
MONDAY, Feb. 11, 2019 — There is considerable race/ethnicity and income-level variation in the opioid epidemic, according to research published online Feb. 11 in JAMA […]
Pathogen research could aid prediction, response to anthrax and other epidemic diseases
Better prediction of the emergence, spread and evolution of the environmentally transmitted pathogen that causes anthrax is the focus of a National Science Foundation award […]
Could cuddling a robot cure Britain’s loneliness epidemic?
They can help you sleep, stop you falling over and remind you to take your tablets…. But could cuddling a robot cure Britain’s loneliness epidemic? […]