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Twitter is growing up, evolving from a simple message system into a public health research tool.
Computer scientists at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore are using Twitter to track fluctuations in influenza activity in the U.S.
JHU doctoral candidate Michael Paul said Twitter will never be able to provide hard and fast statistics the way hospitals do when they report flu admissions to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, but monitoring tweets can show trends at a broader population level.[…] Continue Reading »
Social media isn’t all word-of-mouth, viral videos and tepid personal insights — it can help spread important info too. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention realize most people can’t be expected to go trolling around on its Web site for the latest info on the H1N1 flu virus. So they’re using blogger outreach, Twitter, widgets and text messaging to get the word out there through other channels.[…] Continue Reading »
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