Tag: Infectious disease

Early Flu Season Found Lurking in Social Data

by timbatchelder, posted in Biomedical Informatics, Cognitive Systems AI, Linguistic Search

Early Flu Season Found Lurking in Social Data Liz Gannes, allthingsd.com A small start-up called Sick­weath­er says pub­lic tweets and Face­book mes­sages helped it declare an early start to this year’s U.S. flu sea­son, six weeks before the CDC. Baltimore-based Sick­weath­er tweet­ed about the early flu sea­son on O… http://flip.it/j4OW2 Related articles The new bird … Continue reading Early Flu Season Found Lurking in Social Data

Herbs And Empires: A Brief, Animated History Of Malaria Drugs

by timbatchelder, posted in Biomedical Informatics, Cognitive Systems AI, Digital Health

  Adam Cole, npr.org What do Jesuit priests, gin and ton­ics, and ancient Chi­nese scrolls have in com­mon? They all show up in our ani­mat­ed his­to­ry of malar­ia. It’s a story of geopo­lit­i­cal strug­gles, tra­di­tion­al med­i­cine, and above all, a war of… ANIMATION: The History Of Malaria Drugs : Shots - Health News : NPR http://flip.it/IQzck http://flip.it/5sxxY … Continue reading Herbs And Empires: A Brief, Animated History Of Malaria Drugs

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention databases for pharma intelligence

by timbatchelder, posted in Biomedical Informatics, Data Governance

    By far the best datasets for disease info are the CDC's...   Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.     Related articles CDC: West Nile outbreak 'one of largest' in US (newsobserver.com) CDC: 41 West Nile deaths in U.S. (content.usatoday.com) CDC: 158 cases of new swine flu strain from pigs (sacbee.com) Dallas mayor … Continue reading Centers for Disease Control and Prevention databases for pharma intelligence