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Who is Alyssa Smith? Woman disappears on trip to Chicago with boyfriend, he returns home alone

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Who is Alyssa Smith? Woman disappears on trip to Chicago with boyfriend, he returns home alone (Palatine Police Department)

A 24-year-old suburban woman disappeared after authorities said she traveled to Chicago with her boyfriend, who came back home alone. A family member reported Alyssa Smith missing on September 30. Who is Alyssa Smith? Woman disappears on trip to Chicago with boyfriend, he returns home alone (Palatine Police Department) Alyssa’s mother, Rebecca Smith, told NBC … Read more

Meet Alyssa Yu, the 17-year-old Maryland student who built a mathematical model for what happens when 2 interacting infections spread at once and how vaccination could target the resulting hot spots

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Meet Alyssa Yu, the 17-year-old Maryland student who built a mathematical model for what happens when 2 interacting infections spread at once and how vaccination could target the resulting hot spots

Alyssa Yu (Poolesville High School, Poolesville, MD) A 17-year-old student from Maryland has developed a new mathematical framework to predict how multiple infectious diseases interact and spread through connected populations at the same time. Alyssa Yu, a senior at Poolesville High School in Montgomery County, created the computer model to address a major gap in … Read more