TORONTO, October 14, 2014 – The World Health Organization (WHO) has raised the Ebola toll to nearly 4000 — the world’s worst Ebola outbreak since the disease was identified in 1974. With no evidence of the epidemic being brought under control in West Africa, recent public health studies have made predictions on the number of cases using mathematical models.

Professor Jane Heffernan, Director of the Centre for Disease Modelling at York University, is available to speak on the predicted Ebola disease spread, and the use of mathematical models in public health in general.

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