Archives: disease tracking

Thursday, March 12, 2020

Should you be scared about coronavirus?

Credit: CNN   By Scott Mitchell What’s going on with this coronavirus pandemic? There are some concerning developments, but there is also some cause for optimism. There are some things we don’t know. This may sound like it's oversimplifying a very complex situation - or maybe this piece will offer comforting or useful information to... More

Friday, March 2, 2018

When social media literally goes ‘viral’: using big data to predict, track, and diagnose contagious diseases

  Never mind stethoscopes and blood tests: could Tweets, hashtags and Google searches become diagnostic tools for influenzas and other contagious diseases? Much research has focused on using data mining and analytics to monitor diseases and predict their progression. For example, HealthMap - a website created by researchers at Boston's... More

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