Will COVID-19 No Longer Be Classified as an Epidemic? Report citing the CDC claimed coronavirus death rates in the U.S. were plummeting.

What does it mean to “flatten the curve”? The ideal goal in fighting an epidemic or pandemic is to completely halt the spread. But merely slowing it — mitigation — is critical.

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread and worsen, despite some claims that recent statistics show the threat is going away.

The Asia Times warned shortly thereafter that “a second deadly wave of COVID-19 could crash over China like a tsunami.” A tsunami, however, struck elsewhere, with the epidemic surging in Iran, Italy, ...

Past the point of containment, the best hope is to slow a virus down, or "flatten the curve." The idea is to keep the virus from spreading so quickly that it overwhelms our health care system's ...

Since the coronavirus pandemic was declared in March, public health officials have urged citizens to "flatten the curve" — the figure in question being the bell-shaped curve of the now-familiar ...

The World Health Organization on Wednesday declared coronavirus a pandemic, reflecting alarm that countries aren’t working quickly and aggressively enough to fight the disease it causes, covid-19.

COVID-19 is the latest illness to show that biomedical breakthroughs are necessary to eliminate epidemic diseases, but sustained focus and resources aimed at helping the most socially and ...

Those who are reading and listening to news ravenously about the outbreak of COVID-19 have probably heard the term “flatten the curve” bandied about in recent days and weeks.

How a nurse practitioner's experience during the early days of the COVID-19 epidemic changed her view of the political party she grew up with.

As the world continues to recover from the devastating effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, experts are now warning about potential new infectious threats in 2025. With the global health landscape ...

Dr. David Ho, Director and CEO of the Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center, is an expert on viral epidemics and has been at the forefront of the global battle against the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Dr. Ho ...