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IDHA Launches New Respiratory Health Study on Google Health Studies App

March 8, 2021April 4, 2022 Marinanicole Schultheiss

In December 2020, the Innovation & Digital Health Accelerator department at Boston Children’s Hospital launched a new health study in collaboration with Google. The Respiratory

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Over 1,000 Deaths from H1N1 Outbreak in Brazil

July 12, 2016March 23, 2022 Kara Sewalk

As of July 1st, 2016, the Ministry of Health in Brazil confirmed that there have been 1,233 deaths linked to the ongoing H1N1 influenza outbreak

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Outbreaks of 2015 – A Year in Review

December 29, 2015March 23, 2022 Emily Cohn

‘Tis the season for the obligatory “best of” lists for 2015. We thought we’d take a look back at some of this year’s notable diseases

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Canine Influenza in Chicago

April 15, 2015March 23, 2022 Colleen Nguyen

Chicago has recently seen an increase in cases of canine influenza. Cook County Department of Animal and Rabies Control issued a warning earlier this month

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H1N1 Mutates in India

March 22, 2015March 23, 2022 Colleen Nguyen

According to researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), samples of the H1N1 swine flu strain currently ravaging India indicate that the strain may have

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Outbreaks of 2014

December 31, 2014March 23, 2022 Emily Cohn

‘Tis the season for the obligatory “best of” lists for 2014. We thought we’d take a look back at some of this year’s notable diseases

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Digital Disease Detection: We See The Trends, But Who is Actually Sick?

June 23, 2014March 23, 2022 Elaine Nsoesie

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

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Digital Disease Detection: Tracking Influenza with…Wikipedia?

June 11, 2014March 23, 2022 Lakshmi Yajurvedi

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

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Digital Disease Detection: Using Social Media To Predict Flu Trends

March 11, 2014March 23, 2022 Elaine Nsoesie

It’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

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H1N1 in Oregon

January 15, 2014March 23, 2022 Naomi Nkinsi

As the polar vortex continues to bring frigid temperatures to many parts of the northeast, increasing reports of flu-related hospitalizations in Oregon have health officials

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