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A big-picture look at the world’s worst Ebola epidemic

A big-picture look at the world’s worst Ebola epidemic

International team of scientists show how real-time sequencing and data-sharing can help stop the next outbreak
Hutch News - April 12, 2017
Open Science Prize goes to software tool for tracking viral outbreaks

Open Science Prize goes to software tool for tracking viral outbreaks

Nextstrain wins international competition by making it easier to share, analyze genetic-sequencing data of spreading viruses
Hutch News - February 28, 2017
A Q&A with evolutionary, computational biologist Trevor Bedford

A Q&A with evolutionary, computational biologist Trevor Bedford

'Trying to be useful instead of trying to be clever': An evolutionary biologist-virologist-immunologist-computer-wonk finds his niche
Hutch News - December 21, 2016
Real-time tool for predicting outbreaks advances in Open Science Prize competition

Real-time tool for predicting outbreaks advances in Open Science Prize competition

Nextstrain, which tracks viral mutations, wins first phase of international competition
Hutch News - May 09, 2016
Zika virus: 6 key things we don’t yet know

Zika virus: 6 key things we don’t yet know

From lack of data to inconclusive blood tests to the unique challenges of pregnancy, experts weigh in on the knowledge gaps in this emerging infection
Hutch News - February 02, 2016
A warning heeded yields good news on Ebola

A warning heeded yields good news on Ebola

Disease modeling shows that treatment centers, safe burials are containing outbreak in Liberia
Hutch News - January 09, 2015
How climate change, development may be hastening Ebola’s spread

How climate change, development may be hastening Ebola’s spread

Vaccines and therapeutics are needed, but the ecosystem also plays a key role in stopping the epidemic
Hutch News - December 10, 2014
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center designated MIDAS Center of Excellence

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center designated MIDAS Center of Excellence

Designation puts Fred Hutch on cutting edge of U.S. analysis and response to infectious disease outbreaks around the globe - Center includes researchers from seven other academic sites across the country
News Releases - September 17, 2014
Ebola cases could top 10,000 by month’s end, Fred Hutch researchers say

Ebola cases could top 10,000 by month’s end, Fred Hutch researchers say

Disease modeling shows virus is spreading ‘without any end in sight’
Hutch News - September 09, 2014