An epidemic occurs when a disease unexpectedly increases among a large population or region. An example is ebola, which spread rapidly throughout West Africa in 2014–2016.

Most people experience periods of loneliness, isolation or solitude in their lives. But these are different things, and the ...

For example, in the poorest and whitest ZIP code areas in California analyzed by researchers, 44.2 percent of adults – defined as those 15 and older – received at least one opioid prescription ...

Young boys are reportedly feeling deprived of physical touch and affection, also known as "touch starvation" — which can have a major impact on their emotional and social well-being.

During the flu epidemic of 1990, for example, the CDC’s threshold was 6.7 percent of total deaths. Today’s threshold figure is likely due in part to the emergence of new, ...

For example, in 2017 in Australia, we saw many more seasonal influenza cases than we would usually see at this time of year, and so we recognised we were in the midst of an influenza epidemic.

It is effectively an epidemic on a global scale. The 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, which ripped across the globe following World War I, is a typical example of a pandemic but there are countless examples ...

The original “Tipping Point” concentrated on three main concepts that Gladwell argued were essential to understanding social epidemics. It described the Law of the Few, the indispensable role ...

Another example of an epidemic is SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome). “The epidemic killed about 774 people out of 8,098 that were infected,” IFLScience reported.

In the decades since 1980, when smallpox was eradicated, and 2020, which opened with a coronavirus outbreak in central China, physicians and policymakers have continuously battled infectious diseas… ...

And we are on track to end the AIDS epidemic status by 2030. ... "PEPFAR is the ultimate example of American exceptionalism and compassion. If we back away from this historic, ...