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Flattening the curve: How smartwatches could help stop a pandemic before it even begins

by Aalto University 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). Credit: Märt Vesinurm et. al / Aalto University 2025 Early detection of sickness is critical for preventing its spread—whether it’s...

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Advances in AI can help prepare the world for the next pandemic

by University of Oxford Credit: CC0 Public Domain A perspective paper published in Nature outlines for the first time how advances in AI can accelerate breakthroughs in infectious disease research and outbreak response. The study puts particular emphasis on safety, accountability and ethics in the deployment and use of AI in infectious disease research. Calling for a collaborative and...

The US primary-care system can’t withstand the next pandemic, some believe
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The US primary-care system can’t withstand the next pandemic, some believe

JULY 10, 2024 by The Editors, Bloomberg Opinion Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainAn unprecedented strain of bird flu is spreading among dairy cattle in the U.S. An outbreak of a flesh-eating bacteria has infected more than 1,000 people in Japan. At least 13 communicable diseases including measles, dengue and polio have surged past pre-pandemic peaks in...

Pandemic’s many effects on older women documented
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Pandemic’s many effects on older women documented

by The Gerontological Society of America  Concern regarding the COVID-19 pandemic among Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) participants from March 2020 to October 2020. The mode survey response reported by WHI participants residing in each ZIP code is shown. COVID-19 = coronavirus disease 2019. Credit: The Journals of Gerontology: Series A (2022). DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glac056 A new supplemental issue...

Norovirus outbreaks have increased to prepandemic levels
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Norovirus outbreaks have increased to prepandemic levels

The number of norovirus outbreaks increased in the 2021 to 2022 surveillance year, returning to levels similar to prepandemic levels, according to research published in the Sept. 23 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. Anita K. Kambhampati, M.P.H., from the CDC in Atlanta, and colleagues examined norovirus...

Is monkeypox the next pandemic?
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Is monkeypox the next pandemic?

by Mary Cunningham, George Mason University Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain As more monkeypox infections are identified throughout the U.S. and the world, the public is more curious about the disease, especially because we are still in a global pandemic. Epidemiologist and professor at George Mason University Dr. Amira Roess answers more questions about monkeypox’s transmissibility,...

Death toll nears 6 million as pandemic enters its 3rd year
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Death toll nears 6 million as pandemic enters its 3rd year

by David Rising  Registered nurse Rachel Chamberlin steps out of an isolation room where Fred Rutherford recovers from COVID-19 at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, in Lebanon, N.H., Monday, Jan. 3, 2022. The official global death toll from COVID-19 is on the verge of eclipsing 6 million—underscoring that the pandemic, now in its third year, is...