When it comes to infectious diseases in the news, you often hear terms like outbreak, epidemic, pandemic and endemic. The differences in these terms comes down to the scope of disease, the reach of ...

This article is based on reporting that features expert sources. With all the focus on the new coronavirus disease, COVID-19, you may hear some confusing and even misused terms. Epidemic and pandemic ...

According to the World Health Organization, the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19 has morphed from an epidemic (a disease outbreak that is confined to one or more geographic areas) to a pandemic.

SAN FRANCISCO -- As California becomes the first U.S. state to adopt an "endemic" approach to COVID-19, we take a closer look at what becoming "endemic" means and if virus levels have truly ...

A localized disease outbreak is defined by a sudden, unexpected spike in cases within a confined community or institution, whereas an epidemic spreads rapidly across a larger regional or national area ...

The World Health Organization has declared COVID-19 a pandemic. This is a landmark event. As an epidemiologist listening to the steady stream of conversation around the coronavirus, I’m hearing ...

When a tenant moves and leaves a pet behind, it puts a burden on the property owner. That's how Kirsten Medlin ended up in a crawl space searching for a cat and her three kittens.

It was penguins galore at the Florida Aquarium as biologists gave Tampa's top cop and other officers an encounter with African Penguins, who are critically endangered. A Largo man, Richard Mullins, is ...

A man's body was recovered from the Eleven Mile Reservoir on Friday evening after a water rescue report for two people who fell off a paddle board.

In Albany today, two local organizations are working together to reduce crime by bridging the gap between employment and those impacted by the justice system. Trinity Alliance alongside the Success ...

On Wednesday night city leaders came together for a common council meeting to plan a way to stop an incinerator from being built on Rensselaer’s waterfront. But Mayor Mike Stammel brought other news ...