Flu activity could continue to increase in the U.S. over the next few weeks, according to a top flu epidemiologist at the CDC ...

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This photo provided by Pfizer in August 2024 shows a packaging for the company’s updated COVID vaccine for ages 12 and up, approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday. CATHY WURZER: ...

Liz Simmons is an education staff writer at Forbes Advisor. She has written about higher education and career development for various online publications since 2016. She earned a master’s degree in ...

The World Health Organization has declared a global emergency due to the rapid spread of mpox in several African nations. Experts warn that if it is not contained, the virus could spread even further ...

The coronavirus pandemic has underscored that the field of epidemiology, which focuses on discovering the causes of disease outbreaks and tracing the spread of illness, is an academic discipline with ...

(RNS) — Emily Smith didn’t realize there was such a divide between faith and science for many Christians. Smith’s parents led worship at a charismatic church — “just a fantastic experience and ...

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Julia Marcus, an infections disease epidemiologist and professor at Harvard Medical School, about "pandemic shaming." Let's talk some more about what to do about the ...