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Herd Immunity Won’t Come Anytime Soon for Covid-19
Herd immunity is the idea that a disease can’t spread through a population once a large enough percentage is immune, either because they’ve recovered from an infection or received a vaccine. But that won’t work with SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, said Samuel Scarpino, an assistant professor who runs the Emergent Epidemics lab at Northeastern
April 24, 2020
‘Hear Me Out; I’m Dreaming Big’
Bouchra Benghomari plans to pursue both a medical degree and a doctorate, and eventually serve as an advisor to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
May 29, 2019
'Hear Me Out; I'm Dreaming Big'
Bouchra Benghomari plans to pursue both a medical degree and a doctorate, and eventually serve as an advisor to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
May 29, 2019
How long is an Ebola survivor contagious? One case is causing scientists to rethink the answer.
Surviving Ebola isn’t like getting over the flu. In recent years, researchers have found that the Ebola virus can linger in some survivors, though it was unclear how likely these individuals were to transmit the deadly disease.
August 13, 2018
Northeastern researchers examine the Zika pandemic
As the Zika virus continues its inexorable spread, a panel of faculty members discussed how they—and by extension we—can be part of the global solution.
April 11, 2016
A new tool to follow Ebola news on Twitter
A new Web tool co-developed by network scientist Alessandro Vespignani and his team at Northeastern's MoBS Lab pulls Twitter mentions of Ebola-related keywords and displays them on an interactive world map - allowing the public to follow the latest news and discussion in real time.
November 06, 2014
Health professionals talk experiences on front lines of Ebola outbreak
During a keynote address at Northeastern on Tuesday, an epidemiologist at Boston Medical Center who has administered care to Ebola patients in Sierra Leone, noted that more help is needed in Africa to provide healthcare services, adding that "We need help with everything."
October 02, 2014
3Qs: Global impact of the Ebola outbreak
With the deadly Ebola outbreak continuing, Professor Alessandro Vespignani discusses the spread of infectious diseases.
July 28, 2014