Epidemic

The disease's presence in Mbandaka, population 1.2 million, is the first non-rural case in what appears to be a new epidemic of the notoriously contagious disease.

The stakes of the analysis are much higher when lives are on the line.

The influenza pandemic of 1918 has taught us many lessons and, according to new research, some of them are decidedly low-tech.

Recent research suggests that evaluating desperate Google queries may be the best way to identify infectious disease outbreaks before they happen.

There is a good chance that the world isn't going to end.