Ebola Outbreak: Why Border Closures and Distance Fail to Stop Disease Spread
Epidemiological history reveals that health surveillance and contact tracing control outbreaks far better than land border restrictions or quarantine distance.
A study of one of the world’s longest-running disaster warning systems—desert locust monitoring—finds surveillance limits damages and generates returns of up to 680 times the investment. The new study, published by the National Bureau of Economic Research as part of…
People with a rare genetic disorder that damages the amygdala are helping neuroscientists rethink how the brain shapes fear, trust and concern for others