Catastrophic Contagion was a tabletop exercise held October 2022 in Belgium that centered on a fictional, rapidly spreading, deadly virus. The exercise’s goal was preparing government and public ...

Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, we relied most on several mitigation measures to slow the spread of the virus and keep us safe, such as masking and social distancing to slow the spread of the virus.

In a pre-Covid-19 Operation Outbreak simulation, Caleigh Patterson, a student at Florida’s Sarasota Military Academy Prep, assumes the role of an epidemiologist working to discover what virtual ...

Once bird flu crosses the line into efficient human-to-human spread, new modelling suggests the window to contain it could ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. In 2018, a deadly outbreak was underway at Sarasota Military Academy ...

This is part of a series on preparing for future outbreaks. Sign up for The Next Pandemic newsletter. Sign up for The Next Pandemic newsletter. It’s been three years since the Covid-19 pandemic began, ...

Since the earliest days of the coronavirus pandemic, many social media users have suggested that the virus is a deliberately planned outbreak or hoax. Those claims have taken on a new form in a recent ...

Participants in the BYU Operation Outbreak simulation show their phones open to the Operation Outbreak app. The results of the simulation hosted between Feb. 19 and March 1, 2021 were presented in a ...

Along with the use of face masks, social distancing in public remains one of the most practiced front-line defenses against the spread of COVID-19. However, flows of pedestrians, including those ...

BACKGROUND The COVID-19 pandemic has had a notable impact on marriage and fertility intentions. Existing research has found that the impact of the pandemic on childbearing intentions and outcomes has ...