Public Health & Epidemiology

Smallpox was nothing new in 1721.

Some of these trends may be due, in part, to the lockdown.

Theoretical physicist Geoffrey West explains the science behind a unique hypothesis.

Nearly 90% of the world’s blind live in low-income countries.

It could lead to a massive uptake in those previously hesitant.

As the American population grows, fewer people will die of cancer.

A new study suggests that reports of the impending infertility of the human male are greatly exaggerated.

According to this research, eight percent of Americans always refuse vaccines. Why?

Could this spell the end for mosquitos?

Contact-tracing apps can be a useful tool for public health, but they have considerable false positive and false negative rates.

Noise causes stress. For our ancestors, it meant danger: thunder, animal roars, war cries, triggering a ‘fight or run’ reaction.

New research from the University of Granada found that stress could help determine sex.

Global inequality takes many forms, including who has lost the most children

People may be more willing to get vaccinated when told how popular it is.

Ultrasound might be able to damage the novel coronavirus in the same way an opera singer’s voice can shatter a wine glass.

Cotton mask fibers prove 33 percent more effective at blocking viruses in trials.

The vaccine will shorten the “shedding” time.

Millions of doses of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine could be distributed as early as this week.

Trained dogs can detect cancer and other diseases by smell. Could a device do the same?

The study suggests scientists are underestimating the number of animal species that could generate the next novel coronavirus.

From making their own swabs to staying in constant communication across the board, Northwell Health dove headfirst into uncharted waters to take on the virus and save lives.

Northwell Health has built an elaborate data system to track and fight COVID-19. If this system goes global, it could prevent a future pandemic.

The long-term lessons America learns from the coronavirus pandemic will spell life or death.

Could medical detection animals smell coronavirus?

Northwell Health is using insights from website traffic to forecast COVID-19 hospitalizations two weeks in the future.

Researchers discover that cancer cells go into hibernation to avoid chemotherapy effects.

Want to tell someone’s future in the US? You don’t need a crystal ball, just their zip code.

A new study suggests that maintaining gut health to avoid diabetes may be little simpler than previously believed.

A new antibiotic hits germs with a two pronged attack.

First, recognize that our genes make us worrywarts.