Models used by scientists to predict how epidemics will spread have a major flaw since they do not take into account the structure of the networks underlying transmission. According to a new study ...

Is lockdown an effective response to a pandemic, or would it be better to let individuals spontaneously reduce their risk of infection? Research published today suggests these two highly-debated ...

For most of the day today, the iGEM teams are breaking up into groups in which students present their projects. The range of projects is pretty dizzying. They are loosely divided into five tracks - ...

Compartment models have been proposed in the 1920s as a model for the spread of an infectious disease in a society, in a famous article by Kermack and ...

When an outbreak of an infectious disease begins to spread, policymakers face an unenviable challenge. They must decide when to intervene and how forcefully, knowing that their choices carry both ...