For 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 Googled
Tag: Digital Disease Detection
There are plenty of studies about tracking diseases (such as influenza) using digital data sources, which is awesome! However, many of these studies focus solely
Hello loyal Disease Daily readers! I am here to tell you about a new method of influenza-like illness surveillance, using a digital data source. Another
If you are one of the 255 million active monthly users of the social networking site Twitter, you may be surprised to learn that you
As an aspiring or expert digital disease detective you are probably familiar with one of the many efforts to monitor diseases such as dengue, by
Welcome, dear reader, to the first (of what we hope to be many) post in our new Digital Disease Detection column. My name is Elaine
A historical look at the bubonic plague’s trail of terror across Europe in the 1300s reveals interesting epidemiological data when compared to modern-day pandemics, such
In his essay, “We, the Web Kids,” Polish poet and pundit Piotr Czerski writes: “We don’t use the Internet…we live on the Internet and along