该杂志指导流行病学家、公共卫生调查人员和卫生专业人员(医生、护士、牙医、药剂师)了解流行病学研究的最新和重要内容，包括最新的数据分析原则和方法。《科学》杂志最近就手机用户的死亡率等问题发表了一篇报道，鼓励那些挑战僵化观念、提醒科学界注意新进展的贡献;咖啡因摄入和自然流产;非甾体抗炎药和乳腺癌。
The journal guides epidemiologists, public health investigators, and health professionals (physicians, nurses, dentists, pharmacists) to what's new and important in epidemiological research, including the latest principles and methods of data analysis. Encouraging contributions that challenge hardened ideas and alert the scientific community to new developments, the journal has recently reported on such topics as mortality among cellular telephone customers; caffeine consumption and spontaneous abortion; and NSAIDs and breast cancer.