Tag: Epidemiology
The next pandemic is already happening – targeted disease surveillance can...
Maureen Miller, Columbia University
As more and more people around the world are getting vaccinated, one can almost hear...
A few superspreaders transmit the majority of coronavirus cases
Elizabeth McGraw, Pennsylvania State University
The coronavirus has traveled the globe, infecting one person at a time. Some sick people might not spread the virus...
What’s an epidemiologist?
Jared D. Taylor, Oklahoma State University
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert...
The coronavirus genome is like a shipping label that lets epidemiologists...
Bert Ely, University of South Carolina and Taylor Carter, University of South Carolina
Following the coronavirus’s spread through the population – and anticipating its next...
Don’t expect the coronavirus epidemic in the US to bring down...
Alex De Waal, Tufts University
The Trump administration’s mishandling of the coronavirus crisis has been widely condemned by health experts.
But if the administration’s bungling proves...
Predicting the coronavirus outbreak: How AI connects the dots to warn...
Vandana Janeja, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Canadian artificial intelligence firm BlueDot has been in the news in recent weeks for warning about the new...
Why California is banning chlorpyrifos, a widely-used pesticide: 5 questions answered
Gina Solomon, University of California, San Francisco
Editor’s note: California, the top U.S. food-producing state, is ending use of chlorpyrifos, a pesticide associated with neurodevelopmental...
What is a super spreader? An infectious disease expert explains
Elizabeth McGraw, Pennsylvania State University
As the emerging Wuhan coronavirus outbreak dominates the daily news, you might be wondering just how the pathogen is working...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
