Throughout human history, pandemics and epidemics have shaped civilizations in ways that extend far beyond their immediate death tolls. While we often focus on the devastating mortality statistics, ...

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 disease, the reach of ...

Do Americans need to be worried about their safety after the suspected plague death in Russia? Here's what an infectious ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A deadly respiratory viral outbreak aboard a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean has spurred fears about another pandemic. The World ...

A group of experts from the World Health Organization (WHO) analyzed global preparedness and response efforts following the Ebola crisis a decade ago. Their conclusion was stark: Global preparedness ...

The United Nations High-level Meeting on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response (PPPR) on September 25 called for ...

Every pandemic is different. Nevertheless, certain commonalities can be identified across all pandemics. Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization (MPI-DS), together ...

Newswise — A Virginia Tech disease ecologist said the outbreak of Andes hantavirus aboard the international MV Hondius cruise ship underscores how little scientists still know about the viruses ...

While the world closely watched an outbreak of hantavirus unfold on a luxury cruise ship earlier this month, another deadly infectious disease was sweeping through one of Africa’s largest countries ...

As the economic and health risks of the COVID-19 pandemic are predicted to persist into next year, there are growing reservations about society returning to normal. As countries experience the ongoing ...

Communities have been identified as key in surveillance and response of pandemic outbreaks in the country, health stakeholders have said. In the error of Ebola ...

In South Korea, coronavirus cases quadrupled over two days, as 144 members of a religious sect tested positive. In Singapore, clusters of infection have been traced to two churches, a hotel business ...