The World Health Organisation has not called the spread of the new coronavirus a pandemic yet, but it has declared that it is an epidemic, and a global health emergency. An example of an epidemic ...

As the coronavirus continues to dominate headlines and conversations around the world, many people are wondering how exactly we should define the outbreak: epidemic or pandemic? Last week ...

Five years ago, the World Health Organization first declared the novel coronavirus a global pandemic. The announcement led to an unprecedented moment for our society: lockdown. Restaurants were ...

No longer considered a medical or political emergency, it has transitioned from a pandemic to an endemic disease—a ... Why, for example, did advice on mask-wearing change so often and vary ...

For example, an endemic disease outbreak occurs when a disease is consistently present but also at predictable and manageable levels, according to doctors at UCLA Health. The Columbia Mailman ...

how the disease favored poor working people: “It was in the tiny mining villages—‘patches’—that the epidemic was felt immediately.” William Maxwell drew on his mother’s death ...

The illness also has had lasting health effects on some COVID patients, but there are also lasting examples of inspiring resilience. The pandemic changed the way we support our community.

But, like the virus, we too – as societies – have changed since the start of the pandemic, which explains the medical and scientific discord we are experiencing. Why, for example, did advice ...