Forecast error: 2020 US presidential election predictors
Photo by Clay Banks on UnsplashEarly in 2020 the 45th President of the United States…
Timothy Martyn HillJuly 28, 2021
We need a randomized study of the UK’s decision to defer second doses of the mRNA vaccine
Photo by John Cameron on UnsplashJust a few days before the UK began its roll-out…
Forecast error: POTUS 2020
Photo by Tiffany Tertipes on UnsplashAn election to the office of President of the United…
Timothy Martyn HillOctober 27, 2020
College sports and Covid-19. It’s complicated
Photo by Riley McCullough on UnsplashUniversities around the United States are struggling to deliver their…
Sheldon H. JacobsonOctober 1, 2020
A perspective on real-time epidemic surveillance for Covid-19
United Nations COVID-19 ResponseEffective, real-time surveillance is key to the management of the Covid-19 pandemic.…
Peter J. Diggle and Sylvia RichardsonSeptember 30, 2020
Angela Saini, Stats + Stories, and more: Significance at RSS 2020
We are just over two weeks away from RSS 2020, the Royal Statistical Society’s first…
Brian TarranAugust 20, 2020
Lethality of Covid-19 in Great Britain over 12 registration weeks
Photo by Colin D on UnsplashExcess deaths – the number of those dying above the…
Sheila M. Bird and Bent NielsenAugust 4, 2020
Covid-19 through the lens of the peer-reviewed literature: January to May 2020
Photo by Lysander Yuen on UnsplashAs medical students and budding clinical academics, we have been…
Samuel R. Neal and Cindy ZhengJune 9, 2020
A confluence of acute and chronic diseases: Risk factors among Covid-19 patients
Photo by De an Sun on UnsplashCovid-19 is a highly contagious infectious disease caused by…
TarekMay 27, 2020
Science in the face of Covid-19: faster, better, stronger?
Photo by Tedward Quinn on UnsplashOn 11 March 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared…
Simon Schwab and Leonhard HeldMay 8, 2020
To infer or not to infer: the UK’s inadequate public disclosure of Covid-19 swab test results
The World Health Organization asks governments to consider two questions when carrying out risk assessments…
Sheila M. BirdMay 5, 2020
Covid-19 data: To age or not to age; to date or not to date?
Pandemic swine-flu, which emerged from Mexico in spring 2009, was a wild thing but a…
Sheila M. BirdApril 22, 2020
Some comparisons between Italy and the UK for Covid-19: March to April 2020
Photo by KOBU Agency on UnsplashWith the rapid global spread of Covid-19 in recent weeks,…
A history of the census: an interview with author Andrew Whitby
Welcome to another instalment of Significance magazine’s new “In conversation with…” series of audio interviews.…
Brian TarranApril 6, 2020
Why 2020 is a “magic year”
Photo by Evie S. on UnsplashLet me tell you something: 2020 is a magic year.…
Alan JacksonJanuary 16, 2020
The ambitions – and challenges – of the 2020 Census: An interview with John Thompson
Tuesday 9 May was a busy news day. In the space of a few hours,…
Brian TarranJuly 19, 2017
Higher pay, lower income: the National Living Wage and benefit cuts
The introduction of a “National Living Wage (NLW)” at the beginning of this month marks…
Donald HirschApril 19, 2016
