SAN FRANCISCO -- Health officials are warning that the deadly novel coronavirus outbreak, also known as COVID-19, has the potential to become a global pandemic. A pandemic will expose everyone to an ...

Uncover 25 surprising facts about pandemics & epidemics that shaped history. Explore bizarre cures, unexpected twists, and ...

TAMPA, Fla. (Jan. 20, 2026) --“A plague is upon us’’ must have been a common phrase in ancient Jordan, where countless people perished from a mysterious malady that would shape both a society and an ...

Global immunity developed against Covid-19 could significantly reduce the risk of future coronavirus pandemics by offering protection against other SARS-type viruses, scientists have revealed.

The find definitively links the pathogen to the Justinian Plague marking the first pandemic (AD 541–750), resolving one of history's long-standing mysteries. For centuries, historians have deliberated ...

In the three decades between 1993 and 2024, measles in the U.S. was relatively rare – a few hundred cases each year, at most. But suddenly, the disease has become so entrenched in American life that ...