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Displaying 60 of about 132 resultsBy Shannon Roddel
Social distancing — the main containment strategy for the coronavirus pandemic — is showing tentative results in lowering the rate of transmission in several U.S. cities.
Not only does social distancing work to slow the spread of the virus, it’s an exercise in probability, according to Richard Sheehan, finance professor at…
About EIOS
The Epidemic Intelligence from Open Sources (EIOS) initiative is a unique collaboration between various public health stakeholders around the globe. It brings together new and existing initiatives, networks and systems to create a unified all-hazards, One Health approach to early detection, verification and assessment of public health risks…
By John Conger, Francesco Femia and Caitlin Werrell
In the absence of a public hearing and release of the U.S. Intelligence Community’s “Worldwide Threat Assessment” this year, it is instructive to look at last year’s assessment to see what the nation’s intelligence professionals were predicting. The following passage was…
By Rebecca Heilweil
When a mysterious illness first pops up, it can be difficult for governments and public health officials to gather information quickly and coordinate a response. But new artificial intelligence technology can automatically mine through news reports and online content from around the world, helping experts recognize anomalies t…
Authors recommend dedicated attention to and investment in “potentially transformative” technologies to complement traditional approaches to prevention, preparedness, and response
By Nick Alexopulos
Strategic investment in 15 promising technologies could help make the world better prepared and equipped to prevent future infectious disease outbrea…
This report examines the impact the coronavirus crisis has had on the general cybersecurity threat landscape during the first two quarters of 2020. This report highlights that the coronavirus pandemic has generated a set of remarkable and psycho-societal, technical, and logistical-economic circumstances upon which malicious actors have capitalized.
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The field of urban studies has made important contributions to the study of SARS and other infectious diseases by exploring the conceptual linkages between global cities and epidemiology. This commentary adds another dimension to that work by highlighting linkages between urban pandemic management and the emerging field of urban robotics. Urban robotics…
By Harris Makatsoris
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When there are outbreaks of emerging infectious diseases in developing countries - such as Ebola in West Africa and Zika in South America - it can take years before a vaccine is identified and reaches affected regions in quantities that can have a significant impact. And by this stage, of course, there have been de…
By Johannes Becker, Doctoral student in Electrical & Computer Engineering, Boston University, and David Starobinski, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Boston University
On April 10, Apple and Google announced a coronavirus exposure notification system that will be built into their smartphone operating systems, iOS and…
By Sanjay K Srivastava, Chief, Disaster Risk Reduction, ICT and Disaster Risk Reduction Division (IDD)
“Act decisively and early to prevent the further spread or quickly suppress the transmission of COVID-19 and save lives” is the first strategic objective of the UN framework on responding to the socio-economic impacts of COVID-19. It ca…
Dans une situation ou presque tous les secteurs sont cloitres et les populations appelées à observer des mesures de confinement, il faut trouver une solution qui puisse servir les acteurs du commerce et autres services publics. A Cotonou, au Bénin, plusieurs banques et institutions ont intensifié leur politiques numériques pour poursuivre leur activit…
By Sanjay Srivastava
Science Technology and Innovation (STI) has been at the forefront of the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. From enhancing our understanding of virus transmission pathways and the complexity of pandemic risks to managing critical supplies and developing digital platforms for health, STI based solutions can transform short-term cr…
Climate data taken from Earth orbiting satellites, combined with machine learning techniques, are helping to better predict outbreaks of cholera and potentially save lives.
Cholera is a waterborne disease caused by the ingestion of water or food contaminated with the bacterium Vibrio cholerae, which can be found in many coastal regions around the world…
By Andrew Kunzmann and Justin Feldman
In recent weeks, there have been controversial proposals to ask older, more vulnerable adults to isolate from society, while younger adults build herd immunity to COVID-19. These strategies have been criticised by leading figures as “practically impossible” and “unethical”. Yet calls for shielding from CO…
By Cheryl Cohen and Sibongile Walaza
Global mobility has increased and the world has become more connected. But this comes with a greater risk of the spread of respiratory diseases, particularly pneumonia, which is a leading cause of death in children under the age of five and the elderly. Real-time and more accurate data about respiratory diseases are…