infectious disease

For social and economic reasons, the lockdown simply cannot last much longer. As the country begins to reopen, there will be several major unanswered questions, perhaps the biggest of which is, "Will there be a second wave of COVID-19?"

By Norman Fenton, Queen Mary University of London;

This article was originally published at Geopolitical Futures.

This article was originally published at Geopolitical Futures.

Because of advances in transporting ourselves quickly across the world, contagious diseases can be easily spread.

Several major airlines have cancelled flights into China because of the Wuhan coronavirus (also called 2019-nCoV). The U.S. State Department has gone further by issuing a "do not travel" warning for China.

Infectious disease is responsible for a substantial amount of morbidity and mortality around the world.

Former Senator Kay Hagan of North Carolina died yesterday at the age of 66 from complications caused by an infection with the Powassan virus. What is that?

Mosquitoes suck, both literally and figuratively. No other animal on Earth is responsible for more human deaths than the lowly mosquito.

"Things have not gotten as stupid as they are going to get."