Ana Pastore y Piontti

Just how much contact tracing and testing do we need?

How much testing is enough? What percentage of people who’ve been unwittingly exposed to the virus do we need to track down? How many people will need to be quarantined? In a recent study published in Nature Human Behaviour, researchers in Northeastern’s Network Science Institute sought to quantify these answers.

by Laura Castañón August 25, 2020

Closing borders can delay, but can’t stop the spread of COVID-19, new report says

Travel restrictions will not stop the spread of COVID-19, but observing quarantines and avoiding public events gives us a chance to slow the epidemic, says Matteo Chinazzi, a research scientist in the Network Science Institute. “Closing airports will buy you time, but it’s not enough.”

by Emily Arntsen March 6, 2020

The CDC confirmed that a mysterious disease is paralyzing children across the US, but where does it come from?

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released an official case count for a rare neurological disease being reported across the country. The definitive cause and transmission pattern of this disease are still unknown, which makes the possibility of modeling the disease uncertain, said Ana Pastore y Piontti, an associate research scientist at Northeastern.

by Aria Bracci October 18, 2018

Just how much contact tracing and testing do we need?

Closing borders can delay, but can’t stop the spread of COVID-19, new report says

The CDC confirmed that a mysterious disease is paralyzing children across the US, but where does it come from?

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