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 ...

Do you know that during the Black Death, which was one of the worst pandemics in history, some people believed that the disease was caused by "bad air" or "miasma?" This belief led to the use of ...

Between 1347 and 1353 AD, the Black Death — a bubonic plague pandemic — moved across Europe, killing upwards of 50 million people, or an estimated 50 per cent of Europe’s 14th-century population. To ...

Just over a century ago, a virulent flu outbreak was wreaking havoc on the world. We know it now as the 1918 influenza pandemic, and its tremors were felt far and wide. By the end of its spread, tens ...

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

WASHINGTON, D.C., USA — As communities around the world prepare for the possibility that the new coronavirus could reach pandemic levels, we wanted to look back at the human history of infectious ...

In the early 20th century, science was sufficiently sophisticated to anticipate that influenza, which had twice reached pandemic proportions in the late 19th century, would recur, but was largely ...

Nearly one year into the pandemic, Kenya has escaped its worst effects. There are more than 50 million people in Kenya, and to date, fewer than 2,000 deaths have been reported. Life in the country is ...