Study findings explain why pandemics spread faster than detection efforts, based on U.S. data from H1N1 and COVID-19.

Both H1N1 and COVID-19 spread across the U.S. faster and more unpredictably than early detection systems could keep up.

It's been 5 years since COVID-19 swept the nation and the world, changing all our lives. Memories of "pandemic lockdown" and near silence on our streets and highways are less vivid. But some changes ...

Downtown Providence has been hit hard by the reduction in workers commuting in. The pandemic entirely upended the job market, with many workers retiring or rethinking their career expectations. Health ...