Pandemic, definition of

A widespread epidemic throughout an area, nation or the world.

• Several scientists predict the apocalypse will occur uncomfortably soon
  Are humans an endangered species? Some scientists think so. Author Phil Torres wrote a piece for Salon detailing evidence from various sources - from climate change data to a recent article by theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking - showing the possibility...
• Zika may have claimed its first victim in the continental US
  Last Friday, health officials announced that the first death related to Zika has occurred in the continental US. An elderly patient in Utah had tested positive for Zika virus after traveling to an affected region, but because of the person's underlying...
• Twelve common toxins that are killing your kids’ brain cells
  They’re calling it a silent pandemic. Children all over the world are losing brain power because they’re exposed to toxins in our water, food, furniture, and clothing. Dr. David Bellinger of the National Institutes of Health estimates Americans alone...
• New Oxford Study Reveals the Origins of HIV
  A new study published in Science has traced the origins of the HIV-1 group M pandemic to 1920s Kinshasa, in what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo...