epidemiology

We may never be able to debunk the undying hypothesis that the coronavirus somehow escaped from a lab because it's technically unfalsifiable.

Hall of Mirrors

Developments

There's always another technicality, no matter how much evidence researchers find.

The Lab Leak Theory Is a Tragic Hall of Mirrors That'll Probably Never Have a Satisfying Answer

Epidemiologists say that the expected American death toll from the coronavirus would have been cut by 90 percent if the government acted two weeks sooner.

Too Little, Late

Studies

Epidemiologists argue that the delayed response drastically worsened the death toll.

Scientists: US Could've Prevented 90% of Deaths by Shutting Down Two Weeks Earlier

A group of scientists say their new research shows that contagious diseases like the coronavirus spread like viral videos and other internet memes.

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Scientists warn that the coronavirus may be spreading like a viral video.

New Research: Contagious Diseases Spread a Lot Like Memes

Could Alzheimer's be a transmittable disease?

A Researcher Is Offering a Prize to Anyone Who Can Prove a Germ Causes Alzheimer's

Your phone changes more than how you talk. It is transforming your health. 

Five Ways Cell Phones Are Literally Changing Global Health

This mapping app allows public health officials and first responders to predict waves of overdoses and prepare for them.

This App Tracks Opioid Overdoses in Real-Time All Over the U.S.

Gates has called AIDS "the worst humanitarian disaster of my lifetime."

Bill Gates: The World Could See a Record Number of HIV Infections

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