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Vaccine rollouts, school testing and contact tracing could all be improved – here’s how

Photo by Steven Cornfield on UnsplashA bitter lesson of the past month is that viruses…

Sylvia RichardsonFebruary 8, 2021

weather vane

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Leicester makes history in testing times

Photo by Geoffrey HaywardLeicester made demographic history as the first city in England where the…

Sheila M. BirdJuly 23, 2020

people network

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Getting out of lockdown in the UK – slowly, with robust reporting standards, and important intelligence about new infections

Much is expected from the UK’s symptomatic Test and Trace system (sT&T), and all of us must…

Sheila M. BirdJune 16, 2020

Glasgow

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Don’t miss Significance at the RSS Conference in Glasgow

We’re heading to Glasgow this week for the Royal Statistical Society’s annual conference, and there…

Brian TarranSeptember 4, 2017

Didcot power station

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Fuel prices, the UK energy gap and the consequences of ignoring information

The chance of large power cuts – those that hit more than a million homes…

Julian ChampkinFebruary 21, 2013