The COVID-19 pandemic has brought epidemiology into the spotlight. Outbreaks, epidemic peaks, and transmission waves are all topics of discussion. However, there is no agreed universal definition of ...

The surge in COVID-19 cases today in Alaska is at best alarming, at worst intensely frightening. Urgent, official pleas to wear masks manifest the high level of concern, as do restrictions on where ...

The metabolic syndrome is a major and escalating public-health challenge worldwide. This condition is certainly not benign, since it is associated with a substantially elevated risk not only of type 2 ...