epidemiology

Can a real pandemic (such as COVID-19) turn into mass hysteria?

Is there anything we can do to help us give up this habit?

The National Institutes of Health hopes synthetic biology can engineer vaccines that outperform nature.

An epidemiologist explains.

The video fragment only shows increase in COVID-19 cases, reversing the video’s original message to induce panic.

As the new coronavirus epidemic spreads, more and more people are wearing surgical masks—despite their questionable effectiveness. An anthropologist explores the reasons why.

Budget cuts to pandemic preparedness put us all at risk.

Thousands of people are experiencing severe pulmonary issues from vaping, and some are dying.

Even before publication, health agencies were asking the journal not to publish the research.

The large-scale study got it right for 83 percent of participants. Would you take the blood test?

How can a misfolded protein be behind some of the strangest and deadliest diseases out there?

Nematodes demonstrate that neurons can influence offspring’s genetics.

A bill in New York would let older kids get vaccinations against their parents’ wishes.

Chemo is our best response to cancer so far. A novel new therapy could render it obsolete.

Despite decades of research, there is no reliable vaccine for malaria. Dr. Philip Eckhoff lays out the strategies and collaborations required to eradicate this disease and the half a million lives it takes each year.