Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health has created a pandemic simulation exercise for hospital executives that will debut in early 2021, the New York City-based institution said Jan. 4.

It began, as outbreaks do, with a spark. Three infections, of which two patients soon began showing symptoms. But by the time the coughing and fevers arrived, it was already too late. The virus had ...

Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, we relied most on several mitigation measures to slow the spread of the virus and keep us safe, such as masking and social distancing to slow the spread of the virus.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A pandemic simulation by Colorado’s public health department in 2017 revealed challenges in communication among state authorities, local officials and the ...

One year ago, at the last minute, I decided to attend a presentation held by the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security at a Manhattan hotel facing Central Park. Epidemiologists, economists, and ...

Participants in the BYU Operation Outbreak simulation show their phones open to the Operation Outbreak app. The results of the simulation hosted between Feb. 19 and March 1, 2021 were presented in a ...