Tag: COVID-19

Historically, pandemic preparedness has relied on outbreak lists that catalog viruses based on past epidemics and use that information to guide future response plans. While this approach has its merits, it is inherently reactive, designed to fight yesterday's pandemic rather than tomorrow's threat. In our new study, posted on the…

Our latest study examines how different age groups shaped the spread of COVID-19 through differences in susceptibility, infectivity, and social interactions. With our new model, we can measure each group’s role in the spread of disease and evaluate the comparative advantage of distinct public health interventions. We modeled the early…

The ongoing spread of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A (H5N1) among dairy cattle in the US and the subsequent growing number of human cases makes it crucial to understand how this virus spreads and behaves. Our latest research, posted on the preprint server medRxiv, focuses on identifying key epidemiological parameters…

The longer someone delays getting vaccinated, the less likely they are to get vaccinated at all. In our new study, we explore how this long-lasting vaccine hesitancy can impact how an epidemic unfolds. Using data from the COVID-19 vaccination campaign in Portugal, we analysed vaccination waiting times (i.e. time between…

Our latest findings published in BMC Public Health discuss the importance of considering various outcomes, beyond just preventing severe disease and mortality, when formulating COVID-19 vaccination strategies. They highlight using quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) and inequality indicators as additional information for policymakers. In our study, we employ a mathematical transmission…

New collaborative work on balancing information gains and losses when collecting outputs from multiple epidemic models is published in Epidemics. During outbreaks like COVID-19, policymakers rely heavily on epidemic models to make decisions. Our recent study sheds light on how to enhance these models by comparing different methods of collecting…