COVID-19 News
Feb 08, 2023
Using Digital Traces of Internet Searches to Predict COVID-19 Outbreaks
COS/ECE Professor Mauricio Santillana is using results from internet searches and social media to predict COVID-19 and other flu outbreaks.
Dec 22, 2022
Matching Healthcare Workers with Open Positions
During the pandemic, MIE Professor Ozlem Ergun and her students created a centralized process to match healthcare workers with open positions at long-term health facilities.
Sep 23, 2022
Do Micro-Level Social Interaction Parameters Effect Pandemic Policy Success?
MIE Associate Professor Babak Heydari’s research on “Micro-level Social Structures and the Success of COVID-19 National Policies” was published in the Nature Computational Science journal. The study shows that the micro-level structure of person-to-person interactions—measured by average household size and in-person social contact rate—can be an important explanatory factor in the success of COVID-19 policy.
Jan 24, 2022
Checking to Determine if a Mask is Counterfeit
ECE Associate Professor Taskin Padir explains how to help determine if N95 and KN95 masks are counterfeit by checking for certain codes and expiration dates.
Nov 22, 2021
Expect a Busy Thanksgiving Travel Week
CEE Assistant Professor Qi “Ryan” Wang has been studying mobility models to see how people move and predicts that travel during the Thanksgiving break will be that similar to pre-pandemic levels.
Nov 18, 2021
Moderna by the Molecule
Bioengineering student Ella Strzegowski, E’23, is spending her co-op working at Moderna on quality control measures to examine the molecules in the messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccine solution.
Sep 27, 2021
Bencherif’s Research Featured on Front Cover of Advanced Science
ChE Assistant Professor Sidi A. Bencherif’s research on “Biomaterials and Oxygen Join Forces to Shape the Immune Response and Boost COVID-19 Vaccines” was featured on the front cover of Advanced Science.
Aug 12, 2021
Research to Boost COVID-19 Vaccines Published in ‘Advanced Science’
Could there be an even more effective vaccine? This professor thinks so. Main photo: Existing COVID-19 vaccines have far surpassed public health officials’ expectations. But could they be improved upon even further? Yes, says Sidi Bencherif, assistant professor of chemical engineering at Northeastern. Here’s how. Photo by Adam Glanzman/Northeastern University The COVID-19 vaccines currently authorized […]