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Keeping people safe at large events
How can sporting events, concerts, or festivals be kept safe in the face of rising COVID-19 infections?
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COVID-19 and universities: What do we know?
What can last year's experiences tell us about the coming academic year?
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On the mathematical frontline: Ellen Brooks Pollock and Leon Danon
Hear from the epidemiologists that have been fighting the pandemic in our special podcast series.
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Going with the flow: are lateral flow tests useful?
Lateral flow tests have become a common feature in our lives. What impact can they have on managing COVID-19?
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Maths in a minute: The Wells-Riley model
How do you calculate your risk of catching an airborne disease?
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The Delta variant: What do we know?
As the Delta variant is worrying the UK, researchers from the JUNIPER consortium have published all they know about it.
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A breath of fresh air
Could COVID-19 change our expectations for clear air indoors?
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Maths in a minute: The positive predictive value
When you receive a positive test result for a disease, the chance you actually have it depends on how common the disease is.
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Will the virus escape the vaccines?
Can the virus that causes COVID-19 mutate into a vaccine-resistant strain? And if yes, what would this mean for our vaccination strategy?
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Seeing traffic through new eyes
Using artificial intelligence to improve traffic, protecting the environment and human health.
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Keeping up with COVID-19
Trying to work out the real time incidence of a disease in the middle of pandemic has never been done before, but the team behind the ONS COVID-19 Infection Survey have developed a way to do just that.
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Vaccination: Where do we stand and where are we going?
Where have the COVID-19 vaccines got us so far and where we are likely to be when the rollout is complete?