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A microscopic image of the H1N1 ('swine flu') influenza virus - In 2009, the World Health Organization declared this new strain as a pandemic.

Why Men Recover Faster from the Flu Than Women

July 25, 2018

Getting the flu, to most people, means one to two weeks of coughing, runny nose, sore throat, fever, muscle ache, fatigue and just feeling crummy overall. In more serious cases, it can kill. But how quickly one can recover from the flu may depend on your gender. According to the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public […]

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Tweets Offer Insight into Mental Health Issues

December 15, 2014

Computer scientists are analyzing Twitter tweets to gather key information on the prevalence of common mental illnesses. Researchers at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore say their new computer program can sift through volumes of publicly available postings on the social media website, and detect certain ‘language cues’ associated with particular disorders, such as depression, post-traumatic […]

Real-time Flu Forecasting Proves Successful in Large-scale Test

December 3, 2013

A flu forecasting system that uses some of the same techniques as modern weather forecasting was not only able to  predict the timing of the 2012-2013 influenza season, but was able to do so nine weeks before the flu season peaked. Columbia University researchers say there were able to correctly predict that flu activity in […]

Flu Forecasts Could Soon Join Weathercasts

November 30, 2012

Imagine that one day soon when you tune in to your favorite radio or TV station for the latest weather forecast, you’re given a flu forecast as well. Adapting techniques used in modern weather prediction, scientists at Columbia University and the National Center for Atmospheric Research have come up with a way to produce localized […]

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