A new study from Northeastern University, which has not yet been peer reviewed, suggests that wrapping a layer of nylon tights around the outside of homemade face masks offers even better protection. 

According to NPR, research conducted at Northeastern University found that adding an outer layer of nylon pantyhose to DIY face masks (or ones you’ve purchased online) improves protection and, in some cases, matched or exceeded the efficacy of surgical masks, especially because the additional fabric keeps the mask tight to your face.

For researchers and practitioners who’ve been tracking the virus’s spread, the earlier deaths in Santa Clara County are proof that there were “invisible chains of transmission” occurring in various U.S. cities in mid-January, says Alessandro Vespignani, director of the Network Science Institute at Northeastern University.

Researchers at Northeastern University made their findings public this week, even though their work has yet to be peer-reviewed. NPR writes that it “was posted Wednesday on the scientific preprint site medRxiv and on the university’s website in the interest of sharing information quickly in the midst of a pandemic.” The news station also spoke […]

After the Three Mile Island nuclear accident, researchers were basically looking to see what kind of household items you could use at home to protect yourself against breathing in nuclear fallout. Here’s scientist Loretta Fernandez of Northeastern University.

Models from Northeastern University show coronavirus may have been spreading in the United States earlier than the government thought. “In the United States, the most internationally connected places are the ones that started the epidemic first, and so we are talking about New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle. Those places we are talking about […]

Modeling from Northeastern University publicized this week suggests thousands of cases may have spread undetected throughout New York, Boston, San Francisco, Chicago and Seattle in January and February — long before those cities and others registered an official case count or implemented social distancing measures.

Even if billions of dollars are pledged, many questions and barriers persist, according to Brook Baker, a professor at Northeastern University School of Law and a senior policy analyst for the Health GAP advocacy group.

Tiffany D. Joseph, Ph.D., is an associate professor of sociology at Northeastern University.

The model, conceived by Dr. Alessandro Vespignani and a research team at Northeastern’s Network Science Institute, was highlighted in a New York Times story this week. 

While the United States is flattening the curve of coronavirus cases, the country must continue to be patient, Northeastern University Network Science Institute director Alessandro Vespignani advised Friday.

A new pandemic model out of Northeastern University shows that coronavirus outbreaks likely occurred in the U.S. much earlier than previously thought.