Public health researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health used computer modeling to reconstruct how the 2009 H1N1 flu pandemic and the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic unfolded in the U.S ...

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New simulations reveal that both H1N1 and COVID-19 spread across U.S. cities in a matter of weeks, often before officials realized what was happening. Major travel hubs helped drive rapid nationwide ...

Study: Reconstructing the early spatial spread of pandemic respiratory viruses in the United States. Image Credit: america365 / Shutterstock.com *Important notice: medRxiv publishes preliminary ...

An illustrative figure highlighting the impact of early detection via smartwatch on viral spread. The image shows how the model can capture both symptomatic (A and C) and asymptomatic cases (B and D).

Early detection of sickness is critical for preventing its spread—whether it's COVID-19, influenza or the common cold. Yet, many illnesses are at their most contagious before people even know they're ...

Everyday smartwatches are extremely accurate in detecting viral infection long before symptoms appear - now, research shows how they could help stop a pandemic before it even begins. Early detection ...

A new University of California San Diego study published in Cell challenges a long-standing assumption about how animal viruses become capable of sparking human epidemics and pandemics. Using a ...