Biotechnology

Why it’s so difficult for scientists to predict the next outbreak of a dangerous disease

A mother of a child, suspected of dying from Ebola, cries near her child's coffin in Beni, North Kivu Province of Democratic Republic of Congo, December 17, 2018.   REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic        TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC15E18C2DE0

Outbreaks of infectious disease are inherently unpredictable in nature. Image: REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic

C. Brandon Ogbunu
Assistant Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Brown University
Randall Harp
Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of Vermont
Samuel V. Scarpino
Assistant Professor of Network Science, Northeastern University
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