Fighting infectious diseases: How AI is transforming outbreak prediction and prevention

Nature News · Ana Santos ·

Explore how AI is advancing infectious disease prediction, outbreak surveillance and prevention, and what these technologies could mean for public health.

In this recent Spotlight: Infectious diseases, Nature investigates the different strategies being used to curb the spread of infectious diseases. Artificial intelligence is helping some fields advance, especially those that track and predict future outbreaks, while other efforts face funding and social challenges that threaten their progress. Explore the features:

- ‘When prevention disappears, infections rise’: can the world still end AIDS?

- Why we must advocate for proper care on the frontlines of the Ebola outbreak

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