Simulation Study Suggests Masks Can Become More Effective When Fewer People Wear Them

The Relationship Between Mask Effectiveness and Population Coverage Rates Background and Research Motivation During the COVID-19 pandemic, non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) such as social distancing, mask-wearing, and test-trace-isolate strategies were widely applied to control the spread of the virus. Despite a large body of empirical resear...

Development of Complemented Comprehensive Networks for Rapid Screening of Repurposable Drugs Applicable to New Emerging Disease Outbreaks

Research on Network Construction and Application of Novel Drug Repositioning Strategies Background During the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers and pharmaceutical companies have been dedicated to developing treatments and vaccines. Drug repositioning, due to its shortcut, is considered a rapid and effective response strategy. Drug repositioning attemp...

Medical History Predicts Phenome-Wide Disease Onset and Enables the Rapid Response to Emerging Health Threats

Using Medical Records to Predict Common Disease Incidence and Support Rapid Response to Emerging Health Threats Research Background and Motivation The COVID-19 pandemic exposed systemic issues and a lack of data-driven guidance globally, significantly affecting the identification of high-risk populations and pandemic preparedness. Assessing individ...