The health of humans, domestic and wild animals, plants, and the environment are inter-
dependent. Global anthropogenic change is a key driver of disease emergence and spread …

Mathematical models have come to play a key role in global pandemic preparedness and
outbreak response: hel** to plan for disease burden, hospital capacity, and inform …

Abstract The SARS-CoV-2 Delta (Pango lineage B. 1.617. 2) variant of concern spread
globally, causing resurgences of COVID-19 worldwide,. The emergence of the Delta variant …

Despite the global impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, the question of
whether mandated interventions have similar economic and public health effects as …

Variables related to socioeconomic status (SES), including income, ethnicity, and education,
shape contact structures and affect the spread of infectious diseases. However, these factors …

This study offers a new paradigm of individual-level modeling to address the grand
challenge of incorporating human behavior in epidemic models. Using generative artificial …

Individuals' socio-demographic and economic characteristics crucially shape the spread of
an epidemic by largely determining the exposure level to the virus and the severity of the …

Behavioral epidemic models incorporating endogenous societal risk-response, where
changes in risk perceptions prompt adjustments in contact rates, are crucial for predicting …

The adoption of prophylaxis attitudes, such as social isolation and use of face masks, to
mitigate epidemic outbreaks strongly depends on the support of the population. In this work …

Humans are a hyper-social species, which greatly impacts the spread of infectious diseases.
How do social dynamics impact epidemiology and what are the implications for public health …