It really is learning a new language. What's the difference between an epidemic and a pandemic? An epidemic is a disease that affects a large number of people within a community, population ...

Basic English acknowledges that a pandemic is an epidemic of global extent. It’s thus repetitious to use the two together”. When we consider that humanity is under a coronavirus attack and ...

"But the world has also learned many of the painful lessons the pandemic taught us, and has taken significant steps to strengthen its defenses." Maria Van Kerkhove, the WHO's epidemic and pandemic ...

Also of concern is the United States’ ability to manage other major public health challenges, such as the worsening U.S. opioid epidemic.The synthetic opioid fentanyl, in particular, has become ...