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Matteo Chinazzi for Northeastern Global News

What should stay open during the next pandemic? New model weighs protecting public health and the economy
Silhouette of a worker on the framework of a battery plant.

What should stay open during the next pandemic? New model weighs protecting public health and the economy

Researchers say shutting down some non-customer-facing industries hurts the economy more than the public health benefits gained.
Northeastern receives $17.5 million from CDC to launch infectious disease prediction center
Alessandro Vespignani sitting at a desk looking at a laptop.

Northeastern receives $17.5 million from CDC to launch infectious disease prediction center

Renowned network scientist Alessandro Vespignani will head a new innovation center that will prepare the United States for future epidemics.
More than 50% of COVID-19 deaths could have been prevented with better global vaccine distribution 
covid vaccines labeled with numbers

More than 50% of COVID-19 deaths could have been prevented with better global vaccine distribution 

New research paper by Alessandro Vespignani says better COVID-19 vaccine access could have prevented more than 50% of coronavirus deaths.
If rich countries monopolize COVID-19 vaccines, it could cause twice as many deaths as distributing them equally

If rich countries monopolize COVID-19 vaccines, it could cause twice as many deaths as distributing them equally

Researchers from Northeastern’s Network Science Institute have partnered with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to predict COVID-19 deaths based on two different ways of distributing vaccines.
People in the US started moving around more before stay-at-home measures were lifted

People in the US started moving around more before stay-at-home measures were lifted

Even before most states began loosening the stay-at-home measures, people were starting to travel further and see each other more.