News A call for contributions on Covid-19: looking back and looking forward We are now more than 18 months into the Covid-19 pandemic. Thanks to the contributions…Brian TarranSeptember 29, 2021
Archive Misinterpreting statistical anomalies and risk assessment when analysing Covid-19 deaths by ethnicity Bigstockphoto/Andreajk3Imagine there is a country called Bayesland that is divided into two distinct geographical areas…Norman Fenton, Martin Neil, Scott McLachlan and Magda OsmanApril 14, 2021
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Archive 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
Archive Off the “radar”? Here are some alternatives grebeshkovmaxim/Bigstockphoto.comRadar charts, also called web charts, spider charts or star charts, are often used to…Alexandre Morin-ChasséSeptember 24, 2020
Archive Covid-19 deaths: How are gender, age and underlying health condition related? Much has been said about the demographic trends of Covid-19. It has been widely reported…James JacksonJuly 27, 2020
Archive Undercounting mortality in the Covid-19 pandemic Photo by Edwin Hooper on UnsplashThis comment concerns the most common reasons mortality has been…B. Piedad UrdinolaJuly 10, 2020
Archive Visualizing the Covid-19 pandemic with doubling rates Artwork by Bosny (bosnyart.com)As the popularity of coronavirus data visualizations increases, so does the risk…Luke Anderson-Trocmé and Sahir BhatnagarJuly 10, 2020
Archive Robust Bayesian modelling for Covid-19 data in Italy mazzzur/BigstockphotoOn 21 February 2020, the first person-to-person transmission of SARS-CoV-2 – the virus responsible for…Robbayes-C19June 2, 2020
Archive A more transparent way to estimate and report daily Covid-19 deaths Photo by Hello I'm Nik 🎞 on Unsplash“How many people have died in recent days…Oliver Stoner and Theo EconomouMay 27, 2020
Archive Removing the pump handle: Stewarding data at times of public health emergency John Snow memorial in Broadwick Street, London. Photo by Justinc, sourced from WikipediaThere is a…Reema PatelMay 20, 2020
Archive The many definitions of a Covid-19 death toll Photo by Dan Burton on UnsplashThis note considers the different measures of the death toll…Simon BriscoeMay 13, 2020
Archive 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
Archive Nightingale and the coronavirus pandemic: disease prevention, parallels and principles An imaginary drawing of Florence Nightingale nursing in Scutari, by her sister Parthenope. Photographed at…Lynn McDonaldApril 30, 2020
Archive Now more than ever, African governments need reliable data Community surveillance in times of Covid-19: A TB Reach health worker in Tanzania visits a…Sandra Alba, Christina Mergenthaler and Roland KielmanApril 30, 2020
Archive Visualising the pandemic: interviews with data journalists covering Covid-19 Photo by Brian McGowan on UnsplashIn many parts of the world, the outcome of the…Andrew GarthwaiteApril 21, 2020