Can space-based technologies help manage and prevent pandemics?

Nat Med. 2021 Sep;27(9):1489-1490. doi: 10.1038/s41591-021-01485-5.

Farhan M Asrar^{1

2

3}, David Saint-Jacques⁴, Helena J Chapman^{5

6}, Dave Williams⁷, Shirish Ravan⁸, Ross Upshur⁹, Jonathan B Clark¹⁰

¹ University of Toronto Department of Family and Community Medicine and Division of Clinical Public Health, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. farhan.asrar@utoronto.ca.
² International Space University, Strasbourg, France. farhan.asrar@utoronto.ca.
³ Credit Valley Hospital and Mississauga Hospital Family Medicine Teaching Units, and the Institute for Better Health, Trillium Health Partners, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. farhan.asrar@utoronto.ca.
⁴ Canadian Space Agency, John H. Chapman Space Centre, Longueuil, Quebec, Canada.
⁵ Earth Science Division, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, DC, USA.
⁶ Booz Allen Hamilton, McLean, VA, USA.
⁷ LEAP Biosystems, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
⁸ United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs, Vienna, Austria.
⁹ University of Toronto Department of Family and Community Medicine and Division of Clinical Public Health, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
¹⁰ Department of Neurology/Center for Space Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.

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