Epidemiology looks to find the answers to what, who, where, when and why/how a disease or other health-related event is occurring. It involves surveillance, investigation and the design, conduct, ...

Epidemiology is a tool, in many ways, to understand the distribution of disease in populations, and the factors that lead to ...

Many Americans who want to get the newest COVID vaccines may now have a harder time doing so. The Food and Drug ...

Two epidemiologists answer your biggest questions about the Omicron variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus—including why it's different from Delta.

How a Christian epidemiologist works to sway white evangelicals on COVID and vaccines Emily Smith, an epidemiologist married to a preacher, has been able to reach evangelicals in a way others can’t, ...

Eric Feigl-Ding isn’t shy about all-caps declarations. “VIRUS REACTIVATION!” the epidemiologist tweeted not long ago. “This is bad.” He’s fond of words like “wowzers,” “oof ...

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks with epidemiologist Michael Osterholm about a Trump administration decision to end funding for research into vaccines that fight respiratory viruses like COVID-19 and the flu ...