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I recently stumbled upon a great dataset. It’s the first to provide comprehensive data for world city sizes as far back as 3700BC. The authors (Meredith Reba, Femke Reitsma & Karen Seto) write: How were cities distributed globally in the past? How...

Ahead of Print -Drivers of Emerging Infectious Disease Events as a Framework for Digital Detection - Volume 21, Number 8—August 2015 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal - CDC Volume 21, Number 8—August 2015 Perspective Drivers of Emerging Infectious...

The Center for Data Innovation spoke with Vivian Peng, communications officer at the humanitarian aid organization Doctors Without Borders, also known as Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). Peng, a visual artist and data scientist, discussed the role of...

Brian Rogers, Prevent Disease Waking Times I used to be pro vaccine. I know the feeling of thinking others were just plain crazy and wrong for not vaccinating their children and themselves. ‘Irresponsible!’ I said when pointing my finger. I’d use the...

A Comprehensive Review of Vaccines: Part 8 of 12 Vaccines and Infectious Diseases If you ask most doctors about infectious diseases in the 20th century they will tell you that vaccines eradicated them, end of story! This is a particularly touchy subject...