This event will feature Marc Lipsitch and be hosted by the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and The World from PRX & GBH. Learn more about the event here. Join here. "With many children returning to school, questions about the coronavirus pandemic– particularly the Delta variant — and children’s health risks have become even more pressing. What do we know about the variant’s impact on children in particular?…

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This webinar will feature Mauricio Santillana and be hosted by Northeastern University's College of Science.Learn more about the event here. Join here. "Abstract: I will describe data-driven machine learning methodologies that leverage Internet-based information from search engines, Twitter microblogs, crowd-sourced disease surveillance systems, electronic medical records, and weather information to successfully monitor and forecast disease outbreaks in multiple locations around the globe in near real-time. I will present how these…

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This hybrid seminar will feature William Hanage and be hosted by the Harvard Microbial Sciences Initiative. Harvard affiliates may attend in-person at Classroom Geo 375 (Peabody Museum). Learn more about the event here. Register here. "Abstract: The Covid-19 pandemic has been the most acute global infectious disease emergency in living memory. While it has upended societies and led to more than 600,000 deaths (and counting) in the United States alone,…

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