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Digital Disease Detection: Can Wikipedia Monitor Diseases Globally?
Jul 21, 2014 | AnonymousFor better or worse, the Internet has become the world’s number one source for health-related information. Think about it: how many times have you...
Digital Disease Detection: We See The Trends, But Who is Actually Sick?
Jun 23, 2014 | Elaine NsoesieThere are plenty of studies about tracking diseases (such as influenza) using digital data sources, which is awesome! However, many of these studies...
Digital Disease Detection: One Researcher's Take on Twitter, Research and Privacy
Jun 8, 2014 | AnonymousIf you are one of the 255 million active monthly users of the social networking site Twitter, you may be surprised to learn that you are contributing...
Digital Disease Detection: Using Social Media To Predict Flu Trends
Mar 11, 2014 | Elaine NsoesieIt’s the season for coughing, sneezing, fever, sore throat and body aches. If you haven’t had the flu or another respiratory illness in the last five...
