Tagged With Epidemiology

3 doctors explain why COVID-19 prevention doesn't stop at immunization

Syra Madad, Komal Bajaj, Saskia Popescu

Epidemiologists debunk the 14 biggest coronavirus myths

Michelle Yan Huang, Abby Tang

We asked doctors and researchers for their top face masks that balance comfort and safety

Aria Bendix

3 ways companies can safely reopen their offices during the pandemic, according to an epidemiologist

Syra Madad

How to safely form a 'social bubble' this winter, according to 5 disease experts — and what risks to avoid

Aria Bendix

I'm an epidemiologist. Here are 5 things you should do right now to ride the wave of new COVID cases and prepare for the long winter.

Syra Madad

I'm a doctor who volunteered to get one of the first coronavirus shots. Here's why I got involved, and what the side effects have been like.

Lisa Fitzpatrick, MD, MPH

How to celebrate Halloween with your kids while staying safe during COVID-19, according to an epidemiologist

Syra Madad

Researchers at the University of Arizona say they stopped a coronavirus outbreak before it spread by testing students' poop

Susie Neilson

Epidemiologists debunk the 14 biggest coronavirus myths

Michelle Yan, Abby Tang

Everything you need to know about travelling on an aeroplane in a pandemic, according to experts

Caroline Morse Teel

An interactive tool lets you compare 2 models' projections for the US coronavirus outbreak — and see how they have changed over time

Holly Secon

One key figure helps countries decide when their coronavirus outbreaks are over — but scientists say it's a moving target

Aria Bendix

2 medical experts estimate 90% of coronavirus deaths in the US could have been avoided if everyone started social distancing on March 2

Jessica Snouwaert

A new phone-tracing technology could tell if you've been exposed to the coronavirus — without sacrificing privacy. 130 researchers are offering it to countries for free.

Dave Mosher

11 critical questions about the coronavirus that remain unanswered, 6 months after the first cases were reported

Dave Mosher, Aylin Woodward, Aria Bendix

4 disease experts reveal how they'd address the coronavirus pandemic in the US if they could wave a magic wand

Rhea Mahbubani

Epidemiologists have been warning of a coronavirus outbreak for years and say that another pandemic will happen again

Shaena Montanari

An average coronavirus patient infects at least 2 others. To end the pandemic, that crucial metric needs to drop below 1 — here's how we get there.

Morgan McFall-Johnsen, Aria Bendix

Pathologists debunk 13 myths about the coronavirus, including why face masks won't help

Abby Tang, Michelle Yan, Alexandra Appolonia