近日，韩国、日本、意大利等国新冠肺炎确诊病例急剧增加，epidemic和pandemic这两个词频频在外媒报道中出现。那么到底应该用epidemic，还是pandemic呢？ Tourists wearing protective masks walk near Duomo square, as a coronavirus outbreak continues to grow in ...

今天世卫组织宣布新冠病毒已经出现“全球大流行”（Pandemic），pandemic这个词与更常用的epidemic有什么不同呢？ 这三个词意思相近，但着重点不同。 首先，地方病（Endemic）和传染病（Epidemic）的拼写相近，这也就是为什么很多人区分不太清楚的原因。 这两个词 ...

The deadly novel coronavirus outbreak has turned a spotlight on the science of disease, raising the question: What exactly is a pandemic? An outbreak is the occurrence of disease cases in excess of ...

In only a few months, the coronavirus pandemic has upended the daily lives of people around the world. For Americans, the economic impact of the virus has led to new categorizations of "essential" ...

Before the Covid-19 pandemic began its deadly spread more than 18 months ago, the country seemed to be on the cusp of a future that might be defined by new uses of digital technology, by the ability ...

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with economist Emily Oster about her Atlantic article, "Let's Declare a Pandemic Amnesty" and her call for grace. Early in the pandemic, April 2020, Emily Oster and her ...

September 12, 2024 – As new cases of bird flu and other infectious diseases continue to raise concern, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health researchers share their perspectives on recognizing, ...

GAZETTE: The most recent statistics about domestic violence during the pandemic are worrisome. What do those numbers mean? YANG: In 2021, the United Nations published the report “Measuring the Shadow ...

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A few months ago, when millions of Americans were watching the Netflix series Emily in Paris because it was what we had been given that week, I cued up the first episode and was beset almost ...

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