The epidemiology of influenza swarms with incongruities, incongruities exhaustively detailed by the late British epidemiologist, Edgar Hope-Simpson. He was the first to propose a parsimonious theory...

CORONAVIRUS could spread into a global pandemic due to a freak slump in solar activity, with experts warning of a spike in "potentially deadly viruses".

Astronomers pointed out that the sun has now gone 15 consecutive days without the occurrence of sunspots.

Introduction: The 2009 AH1N1 pandemic became a global health concern, although fortunately, its worst anticipated effects were not realised. While the origins of such outbreaks remain poorly unders...