The unprecedented and overwhelming SARS-CoV-2 virus and COVID-19 disease
significantly challenged our way of life, society and the economy. Many questions emerge, a …

Importance Closure of day care centers has been implemented globally to contain the
COVID-19 pandemic but has negative effects on children's health and psychosocial well …

Background Policy makers are facing more complicated challenges to balance saving lives
and economic development in the post-vaccination era during a pandemic. Epidemic …

The ongoing pandemic is laying bare dramatic differences in the spread of COVID-19 across
seemingly similar urban environments. Identifying the urban determinants that underlie …

Vaccination demand changes rapidly during the pandemic, as the public health policy
evolves and the pandemic develops among different countries and regions. Preprocessing …

A stochastic network simulation is verified when its distribution of outputs is aligned with the
ground truth, while tolerating deviations due to variability in real-world measurements and …

For viruses that can be transmitted by contacts of people, efficiently screening infected
individuals is beneficial for controlling outbreaks rapidly and avoiding widespread diffusion …

Currently, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) remains a global pandemic, but the
prevention and control of the disease in various countries have also entered the …

Purpose. To estimate the impact on mortality of nonpharmaceutical interventions (NPIs)
implemented early in the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods. We implemented an agent-based …

Backgrounds Despite the widespread distribution of SARS-CoV-2 vaccines, the COVID-19
pandemic continues with highly contagious variants and waning immunity. Low disease …