Peoples' movements—both local and long-distance—have driven the spread of COVID-19,
within and between communities. At the same time, although most contagion events involve …

Social media platforms allow users worldwide to create and share information, forging vast
sensing networks that allow information on certain topics to be collected, stored, mined, and …

The urban spatial structure represents the distribution of public and private spaces in cities
and how people move within them. Although it usually evolves slowly, it can change quickly …

The COVID-19 pandemic presented enormous data challenges in the United States. Policy
makers, epidemiological modelers, and health researchers all require up-to-date data on the …

Rapid urbanization and climate change trends, intertwined with complex interactions of
various social, economic, and political factors, have resulted in an increase in the frequency …

In this exploratory study, we scrutinize a database of over one million tweets collected from
March to July 2020 to illustrate public attitudes towards mask usage during the COVID-19 …

Background: Wastewater testing offers a cost-effective strategy for measuring population
disease prevalence and health behaviors. For COVID-19, wastewater surveillance …

Importance Children's role in spreading virus during the COVID-19 pandemic is yet to be
elucidated, and measuring household transmission traditionally requires contact tracing …

Background Low testing rates and delays in reporting hinder the estimation of the mortality
burden associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. During a public health emergency …

Non-pharmaceutical interventions have been implemented worldwide to curb the spread of
COVID-19. However, the effectiveness of such governmental measures in reducing the …