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Mathematical model predicts long-term effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccine booster doses in different patient populations

Researchers have designed a mathematical model that can predict the course of vaccine-induced immunity against COVID-19 in different patient populations—including otherwise healthy individuals and those who have cancer...

13 January, 2023

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Traditional model for disease spread may not work in COVID-19

A mathematical model that can help project the contagiousness and spread of infectious diseases like the seasonal flu may not be the best way to predict the continuing spread of the novel coronavirus, especially during...

22 December, 2020

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The Economist explains: How disease forecasts can go wrong

The Ebola epidemic that took off last year in three west African countries—Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone —is finally fading. The last three weeks have each seen around 120 new cases, the lowest level since July 2014...

6 February, 2015

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