A 17-year-old student in Maryland has developed a mathematical model that could change the way public health officials study outbreaks involving more than one infectious disease.
Alyssa Yu, a senior at Poolesville High School in Montgomery County, created a computer-based framework that examines how two pathogens can spread through connected communities at the same time. Her work tackles a problem that has become increasingly important in a world where different disease outbreaks can overlap.
