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And with climate change, the lack of an effective vaccine, and federal research cuts, they worry the disease will become endemic to a larger swath of North America. About 3,700 new dengue infections ...

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Sligo man exits the crisis-hit World Health Organisation after decades of fighting deadly diseases in some of the most dangerous places ...

Scientists in China discover 20 new bat viruses, including Nipah-like strains linked to fatal brain inflammation. Experts ...

Researchers have raised “urgent concerns” after discovering two new bat viruses in China with the potential to infect humans ...

For many of us, the year 2020 might have been the first time we were introduced to epidemiological terms such as “pandemic”, “epidemic”, and even “endemic”, as Covid-19 began to spread ...

Alterations to a single gene in the plague bacterium's genome have shed light on a method the germ has used to survive and spread through the ages.

When will the pandemic end? Griffin said it is very difficult to establish when COVID will no longer fit the definition of a pandemic and instead be defined as an epidemic or endemic.