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 ...

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 ...

Epidemiologists, who study the spread of diseases, would consider a disease endemic when levels are consistent and predictable - unlike the "boom and bust" waves so far in the pandemic.

So what will “endemic” rather than “pandemic” COVID-19 look like? That depends on many variables, according to Stanford epidemiologist Dr. Yvonne Maldonado. Much of what will occur depends ...

What is an endemic and how will we know when Covid-19 becomes one? WSJ’s Daniela Hernandez breaks down how public-health experts assess when a virus like Covid-19 enters an endemic stage.

The team found that animals that had the virus inoculated directly into their lungs became severely ill, whereas animals that ...

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instead entering its endemic phase, which means it will continue to spread indefinitely. Maria Van Kerkhove, interim director of the WHO’s Department of Epidemic and Pandemic Preparedness and ...

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The coronavirus outbreak in Hong Kong is shifting from a pandemic phase to an endemic one, a government health adviser has said, as he called for authorities to ease the city’s strict entry ...