Just a few months ago, no one, aside from epidemiologists and their ilk, had heard of the R number. Now, thanks to the coronavirus, everyone has heard of it and most people can tell you that it’s the ...

Four months ago, the phrase “R number” didn’t mean much to anyone except epidemiologists and infectious disease experts. But as the coronavirus pandemic has raced around the world, infecting millions ...

Jeremy Rossman has received research funding from the Medical Research Council and the European Commission. He is the President of the non-profit organisation Research-Aid Networks. A few months ago, ...

As cases of the novel coronavirus in the U.S. continue to emerge, the outbreak is expected to "spread quickly" in at least 10 states, according to an analysis by the website Rt.live of each state's ...

Jasmina Panovska-Griffiths does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article. While her models are used to inform ...

This article was last updated on 13 October 2021. The basic reproduction number, also known as the R or R0, is the average number of people one person with an infectious disease will likely infect in ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has thrown up myriad questions, including how contagious the coronavirus which causes the disease is. One common way of expressing this is what experts who study the spread of ...

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LONDON, Feb 5 (Reuters) - The estimated COVID-19 reproduction "R" number for Britain is between 0.7 and 1.0 and the pandemic is shrinking, the health ministry said on Friday. The R number had fallen ...