MORE THAN 600,000 Americans and Canadians have died of an opioid overdose since 1999. Modelling suggests that 1.2m more could die by the end of this decade. For more than a quarter of a century ...

Models used by scientists to predict how epidemics will spread have a major flaw since they do not take into account the structure of the networks underlying transmission. Models used by scientists to ...

NPR's A Martinez speaks with Daniel Webster of the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions about what the word "epidemic" means when it comes to gun violence. When we talk about gun violence ...

Hepatitis E, a potentially serious viral liver disease, is transmitted through contaminated water. The risk is particularly high in populations with limited access to safe water and sanitation. In ...

We've all felt lonely at some point in our lives, whether during the COVID-19 pandemic, an illness, or after losing a family member. People can even feel lonely even when surrounded by others. In 2023 ...

China experienced monumental upheaval at the end of 2022. For three years, Chinese President Xi Jinping waged what he termed a “people’s war against COVID-19,” an uncompromising campaign to prevent ...

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., in a new interview, said autism was an epidemic with an impact that surpasses the COVID-19 pandemic. “This is an epidemic. It dwarfs the ...

Your browser does not support the video element. Everyone from the surgeon general to mental-health startups have misdiagnosed America's problem. Your browser does ...

Fentanyl community forum attendees in Silver Spring, Md. visit a table where Narcan kits were being offered free at Northwood High School on Feb. 25, 2023. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and ...