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 ...

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 ...

These intertwined failures of messaging and policy raise the question: Does the U.S. have epidemic amnesia? The monkeypox response is following an eerily familiar pattern: Viruses begin in a ...

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 ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) – April is autism awareness month, but one local advocate for the autism community believes the recent national spotlight on the “autism epidemic” needs to change.

In his first news conference as secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Wednesday that rising rates of autism prevalence in the US reflect a ...

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, ...