Most pandemics—eg, HIV/AIDS, severe acute respiratory syndrome, pandemic influenza—
originate in animals, are caused by viruses, and are driven to emerge by ecological …

The diversity of life is ultimately generated by evolution, and much attention has focused on
the rapid evolution of ecological traits. Yet, the tendency for many ecological traits to instead …

Interest in and research on disgust has surged over the past few decades. The field,
however, still lacks a coherent theoretical framework for understanding the evolved function …

A new edition of a classic book on viral catastrophes--the Spanish flu, the Avian flu, and
now, Covid-19 In his book, The Monster at Our Door, the renowned activist and author Mike …

Mathematical modeling is critical to our understanding of how infectious diseases spread at
the individual and population levels. This book gives readers the necessary skills to correctly …

" More information is always better, and full information is best. More computation is always
better, and optimization is best." More-is-better ideals such as these have long shaped our …

This work examines the emergence and causes of new diseases all over the world,
describing a process called" spillover" where illness originates in wild animals before being …

How virulence evolves after a virus jumps to a new host species is central to disease
emergence. Our current understanding of virulence evolution is based on insights drawn …

Why is it that some parasites cause high levels of host damage (ie virulence) whereas others
are relatively benign? There are now numerous reviews of virulence evolution in the …

Background COVID-19 vaccines provide protection against symptomatic infection that might
require medical attention and against severe outcomes; however, there is a paucity of …