Nick Irons
@nickirons.bsky.social
Florence Nightingale Fellow
@oxfordstatistics.bsky.social @oxforddemsci.bsky.social
statistics, public health, urbanism, running, art.
njirons.github.io
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@oxfordstatistics.bsky.social @oxforddemsci.bsky.social
statistics, public health, urbanism, running, art.
njirons.github.io
header @odilonredon.bsky.social
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Our paper, “Optimal pandemic control strategies …” bmcglobalpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.... w @nickirons.bsky.social, just published.Takeaway: U.S. COVID-19 school closures were not cost-effective, but other measures were. medicalxpress.com/news/2025-09...
Optimal pandemic control strategies and cost-effectiveness of COVID-19 non-pharmaceutical interventions in the United States - BMC Global and Public Health
Background Non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) in response to the COVID-19 pandemic necessitated a trade-off between the health impacts of viral spread and the social and economic costs of restric...
bmcglobalpublichealth.biomedcentral.com
September 13, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Our paper, “Optimal pandemic control strategies …” bmcglobalpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.... w @nickirons.bsky.social, just published.Takeaway: U.S. COVID-19 school closures were not cost-effective, but other measures were. medicalxpress.com/news/2025-09...
Reposted by Nick Irons
January 1, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Reposted by Nick Irons
Science @science.org magazine's Breakthrough of the Year is fantastic: an HIV-prevention drug protects people for six months at a time and in two clinical trials showed 99.9% and 100% (!) efficacy in preventing infection www.science.org/content/arti... by @cohenjon.bsky.social 🧪
Science’s 2024 Breakthrough of the Year: Opening the door to a new era of HIV prevention
A drug with a novel mechanism protects people against the AIDS virus for 6 months. It could speed the end of the epidemic—if those who need it most get access
www.science.org
December 16, 2024 at 9:42 PM
Science @science.org magazine's Breakthrough of the Year is fantastic: an HIV-prevention drug protects people for six months at a time and in two clinical trials showed 99.9% and 100% (!) efficacy in preventing infection www.science.org/content/arti... by @cohenjon.bsky.social 🧪
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People are enraged by health insurance denials because they arise when they are at their most vulnerable and least able to respond. Both physical and mental health matter to our ability to respond to the types of administrative demands that insurers rely on.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
December 12, 2024 at 4:02 PM
People are enraged by health insurance denials because they arise when they are at their most vulnerable and least able to respond. Both physical and mental health matter to our ability to respond to the types of administrative demands that insurers rely on.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Huge congratulations to my Florida State Univ Population Center colleagues Mike McFarland and Matt Hauer (@drdemography.bsky.social) on this important and very newsworthy (!!) paper on the impact of leaded gasoline on US public health. #demography
acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
December 5, 2024 at 11:30 PM
Huge congratulations to my Florida State Univ Population Center colleagues Mike McFarland and Matt Hauer (@drdemography.bsky.social) on this important and very newsworthy (!!) paper on the impact of leaded gasoline on US public health. #demography
acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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Woman in park https://www.wikiart.org/en/august-macke/woman-in-park
December 4, 2024 at 4:06 PM
Woman in park https://www.wikiart.org/en/august-macke/woman-in-park
Lockdown decision-making was challenging. Perhaps we can leave room for nuance in our reflections on the pandemic.
arxiv.org/abs/2411.12016
arxiv.org/abs/2411.12016
US COVID-19 school closure was not cost-effective, but other measures were
Non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) in response to the COVID-19 pandemic necessitated a trade-off between the health impacts of viral spread and the social and economic costs of restrictions. We c...
arxiv.org
November 29, 2024 at 8:16 AM
Lockdown decision-making was challenging. Perhaps we can leave room for nuance in our reflections on the pandemic.
arxiv.org/abs/2411.12016
arxiv.org/abs/2411.12016