Age is a primary determinant of symptom severity and transmission patterns for many infectious diseases, motivating the use of age-stratified models parameterized by contact matrices. In the United St...

Between April 2020 and June 2022, researchers found that people of different political leanings reported avoiding contact with others.

As a group of advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention meets this week to discuss Covid-19 vaccines and make recommendations on who should get the updated shot this season, a newl...

Compared to our closest primate relatives, human life history involves greater longevity, which includes a distinctive postmenopausal life stage. Given mammalian reproductive physiology in which femal...

Vaccines are a crucial tool for controlling infectious diseases, yet rarely offer perfect protection. ‘Vaccine efficacy’ describes a population-level effect measured in clinical trials, but mathematic...

By simulating the implementation of airport-based wastewater surveillance sites at the global level, a modeling study shows how this early warning system would perform in identifying sources of pandem...

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Human behavior significantly influences infectious disease transmission, yet traditional models often overlook this factor, limiting predictions of disease and the associated socioeconomic impacts. We...

After initial success, Australia’s pandemic response suffered due to a lack of strong, independent, central co-ordination. We mustn’t make the same mistake twice. Here’s how a CDC can help.

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The US COVID-19 Scenario Modeling Hub produced medium to long term projections based on different epidemic scenarios. In this study, the authors evaluate 14 rounds of projections by comparing them to ...