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Impact of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) to reduce COVID-19 mortality and healthcare demand

Impact of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) to reduce COVID-19 mortality and healthcare demand

The global impact of COVID-19 has been profound, and the public health threat it represents is the most serious seen in a respiratory virus since the 1918 H1N1 influenza pandemic.Here we present the results of epidemiological modelling which has informed policymaking in the UK and other countries in recent weeks.

Coronavirus Cases Have Dropped Sharply in South Korea. What's the Secret to Its Success?

Coronavirus Cases Have Dropped Sharply in South Korea. What's the Secret to Its Success?

A scary brush with Middle East respiratory syndrome led the country to set up the world's most expansive testing program for COVID-19

Publishers Make Coronavirus Content Freely Available and Reusable

Publishers Make Coronavirus Content Freely Available and Reusable

More than 25 leading publishers have committed to making all of their COVID-19 and coronavirus-related publications, and the available data supporting them, immediately accessible in PubMed Central and other public repositories.

In the Coronavirus Pandemic, We're Making Decisions Without Reliable Data

In the Coronavirus Pandemic, We're Making Decisions Without Reliable Data

Countermeasures like social distancing may help stop the spread of Covid-19. But how can policymakers tell if they are doing more good than harm? Data!

Building Your Remote Workforce: Including Tips & Tricks for Social Distancing

Building Your Remote Workforce: Including Tips & Tricks for Social Distancing

Organizations across the globe are being forced to adapt quickly, with some allowing employees to work from home the first time. But there are many reasons to shift to a remote team - learn more about why and how.

Limited Open Access to Cambridge University Press Textbooks

Limited Open Access to Cambridge University Press Textbooks

Cambridge University Press is making higher education textbooks in HTML format free to access online during the coronavirus outbreak.

What is Peer Review in Science? A Complete Guide - ARTiFACTS

What is Peer Review in Science? A Complete Guide - ARTiFACTS

Ready to stop asking yourself, what is a peer review in science? Allow us to enlighten you. Here is your complete guide!

The Power of the Individual in an Exponential Crisis

The Power of the Individual in an Exponential Crisis

A simple graph illustrates the power of exponential growth in infectious times and how individuals can affect change.

Substantial Undocumented Infection Facilitates the Rapid Dissemination of Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV2)

Substantial Undocumented Infection Facilitates the Rapid Dissemination of Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV2)

Estimation of the prevalence and contagiousness of undocumented novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV2) infections is critical for understanding the overall prevalence and pandemic potential of this disease. Here we use observations of reported infection within China to infer critical epidemiological characteristics associated with SARS-CoV2, including the fraction of undocumented infections and their contagiousness.

Call to Action to the Tech Community on New Machine Readable COVID-19 Dataset

Call to Action to the Tech Community on New Machine Readable COVID-19 Dataset

Today, researchers and leaders from the Allen Institute for AI, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI), Georgetown University’s Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET), Microsoft, and the National Library of Medicine (NLM) at the National Institutes of Health released the COVID-19 Open Research Dataset (CORD-19) of scholarly literature about COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, and the Coronavirus group.

NIH Clinical Trial of Investigational Vaccine for COVID-19 Begins | NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

NIH Clinical Trial of Investigational Vaccine for COVID-19 Begins | NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

A Phase 1 clinical trial evaluating an investigational vaccine designed to protect against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has begun in Seattle.

Help! I Need to Teach My Course Online and I've Never Done This Before!

Help! I Need to Teach My Course Online and I've Never Done This Before!

In times of crisis, we need community. With schools, colleges and universities mandating online teaching and learning in response to COVID-19, often with only a week of preparation time, people are scrambling for resources and information.

How to fight the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 and its disease, CoVID-19

How to fight the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 and its disease, CoVID-19

An informational briefing on COVID-19.

What Does It Take to Achieve Science-informed Policy?

What Does It Take to Achieve Science-informed Policy?

Giving the keynote address at the 2020 Centre for Science and Policy Annual Lecture, Dame Sally shared her behind-the-scenes account of her work on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) as the UK’s Chief Medical Officer, while reflecting on what it takes to get the right science to inform the right policy questions at the right time.

How Can Scientists Engage with the Policy World?

How Can Scientists Engage with the Policy World?

How do government, public policy development processes, and science interact? How can scientists engage with the policy world? How do politics, evidence and the logistics of delivery play into policymaking decisions?

COVID-19 Highlights the Need for EOSC

COVID-19 Highlights the Need for EOSC

The future European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) can be the answer to societal challenges as they emerge. The goal of EOSC is to open up all scientific data and publications and combine the results to drive new discoveries and tackle key societal challenges.

Can Scientists Fill the Science Journalism Void? Online Public Engagement with Science Stories Authored by Scientists

Can Scientists Fill the Science Journalism Void? Online Public Engagement with Science Stories Authored by Scientists

In recent years traditional journalism has experienced a collapse, and science journalism has been a major casualty. This study suggests that filling the science news void by scientists as science reporters leads to normal levels of audience engagement.

Strengthening Capacity for Natural Sciences Research in African Research Institutions

Strengthening Capacity for Natural Sciences Research in African Research Institutions

A qualitative assessment to identify good practices, capacity gaps and investment priorities, whose results could serve as strategic investment targets for the joint efforts of national governments and international organisations that fund programmes for strengthening research capacity in low- and middle-income countries.

‘An Earthquake’: Coronavirus Crisis Rocks Higher Education, Forcing Students and Professors Into Uncharted Territory

‘An Earthquake’: Coronavirus Crisis Rocks Higher Education, Forcing Students and Professors Into Uncharted Territory

The Coronavirus pandemic sends students around the world home from university campuses and into online courses.