r/epidemiology is a subreddit with 28k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and news, and the community frequently discusses bird flu, epidemiology, weekly advice & career question megathread, career, and health.
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"Epidemiology is the study of the distribution and determinants of health-related states or events (including disease), and the application of this study to the control of diseases and other health problems." -World Health Organization
Popular Themes in r/epidemiology
#1
Advice Requests
: "Missing SA Data"
7 posts
#2
News
: "USDA accidentally fired officials working on bird flu and is now trying to rehire them"
5 posts
#3
Solution Requests
: "Problem with DAG drawing"
1 post
#4
Pain & Anger
: "Community Vent Thread"
1 post
#5
Ideas
: "New initiative for public health messaging"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/epidemiology
#1
Bird Flu
: "Is a catastrophic Bird Flu mutation inevitable?"
13 posts
#2
Epidemiology
: "Highest paying fields of Epidemiology"
11 posts
#3
Weekly Advice & Career Question Megathread
: "Weekly Advice & Career Question Megathread"
10 posts
#4
Career
: "Weekly Advice & Career Question Megathread"
10 posts
#5
Health
7 posts
#6
Cdc Data
7 posts
#7
Outbreak
5 posts
#8
H5n1
4 posts
#9
Weekly Advice
: "Weekly Advice & Career Question Megathread"
4 posts
#10
Career Question
: "Weekly Advice & Career Question Megathread"
4 posts
Flair Used in r/epidemiology
#1
Question
: "Is a catastrophic bird flu mutation inevitable?"
33 posts
#2
News Story
: "US is ‘simply choosing not to stop’ Ebola outbreak after massive public health cuts, experts say"
21 posts
#3
Discussion
: "CDC just changed their “Autism and Vaccines” Webpage"
18 posts
#4
Academic Question
: "Missing SA Data"
6 posts
#5
Peer-Reviewed Article
: "A landmark study published in The British Medical Journal found no evidence that many commonly-prescribed opioid pain medications worked any better than placebo at reducing lower back pain. The failure of these drugs in this 2023 study may be due to the growing size of the placebo effect over time."
5 posts
#6
Current Event
: "Texas announces first death in measles outbreak"
3 posts
#7
Academic Discussion
: "When someone asks, So… you just count sick people?"
3 posts
#8
Off-topic
: "I’m officially PhDone!"
2 posts
#9
Other Article
: "New Coronavirus 'HKU5-CoV-2' Detected: Should We Fear a New Pandemic?"
2 posts
#10
Meta/Community
: "[Crosspost] AMA with Katelyn Jetelina (Your Local Epidemiologist)"
1 post
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+3k members(9.8%)
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Last updated: June 16, 2026