scmp.com5 年
Coronavirus: What's the difference between an epidemic and a pandemic?
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 ...
WSPA Spartanburg on MSN6 个月
Girls’ brains aged at an ‘accelerated’ rate during the pandemic, study finds
future research can help tease out whether this study reflects that increase in eating disorders in girls during the pandemic ...
Medical Xpress21 天
How the pandemic's narratives are still unfolding, five years on
Do you clearly remember the choices you made a few years ago during the early days of the COVID pandemic ... historians have long pointed out that epidemics follow a predictable pattern.
The Conversation22 天
How the pandemic’s narratives are still unfolding, five years on
Do you clearly remember the choices you made a few years ago during the early days of the COVID pandemic ... historians have long pointed out that epidemics follow a predictable pattern.
webtv.un.org3 个月
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As exemplified by the ongoing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic major infectious diseases and epidemics have devastating impacts on human lives, wreaking havoc on long-term social and ...
PBS1 个月
The U.S. dodged a bird flu pandemic nearly 70 years ago. Can we do it again?
I have always been fascinated by the key moments that halt an epidemic. Studying these moments provides some insight into how and why one outbreak may become a deadly pandemic, while another does not.
National Geographic news4 年
Inside the swift, deadly history of the Spanish Flu pandemic
Several closely related viruses cause influenza, but one strain (type A) is linked to deadly epidemics. The 1918-19 pandemic was caused by an influenza A virus known as H1N1. Despite becoming ...