Zika

Marco Ajelli's new research suggests the Zika epidemic could spread much faster in certain areas, due to the amount of time people spend outside. Photo by Adam Glanzman/Northeastern University

In US, spread of Zika linked to time spent outdoors

New research by Marco Ajelli, associate research scientist at Northeastern and an expert in infectious disease modeling, has linked a person’s risk of contracting Zika…

by Allie Nicodemo September 19, 2017

Fear not: The number of locally transmitted cases of Zika in US to be very small

Northeastern researchers project the probability of locally transmitted Zika cases outside of Florida to be extremely low, 'just one or two.' Much of the U.S.

by Thea Singer September 6, 2016

Underreporting of Zika is rife; researchers project epidemic’s spread

A team led by Northeastern professor Alessandro Vespignani responded to a “call to arms” to model the spread of the Zika virus, revealing the disparity…

by Thea Singer August 2, 2016

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences head lauds Northeastern’s interdisciplinary approach

“You cannot do environmental health work if you don’t work with the community,” said Linda Birnbaum, director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences,…

by Thea Singer July 19, 2016

What Ebola and HIV/AIDS can teach us about the Zika virus pandemic

Assistant professor Richard Wamai, an expert on HIV/AIDS and neglected tropical diseases, provides much-needed perspective on why the Zika virus has struck so fiercely and…

by Thea Singer February 17, 2016

In US, spread of Zika linked to time spent outdoors

Fear not: The number of locally transmitted cases of Zika in US to be very small

Underreporting of Zika is rife; researchers project epidemic’s spread

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences head lauds Northeastern’s interdisciplinary approach

What Ebola and HIV/AIDS can teach us about the Zika virus pandemic

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