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How researchers use Twitter to track the flu
By Ellen Beck on February 11th, 2013 | 370481 comment on this posthttp%3A%2F%2Fsmartblogs.com%2Fsocial-media%2F2013%2F02%2F11%2Fresearchers-use-twitter-track-flu%2FHow+researchers+use+Twitter+to+track+the+flu2013-02-11+12%3A54%3A13Ellen+Beckhttp%3A%2F%2Fsmartblogs.com%2F%3Fp%3D37048
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 »

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