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Digital Disease Detection: Can Wikipedia Monitor Diseases Globally?

July 22, 2014January 25, 2023 Lakshmi Yajurvedi

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

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Digital Disease Detection: Tracking Influenza with…Wikipedia?

June 11, 2014January 25, 2023 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: One Researcher’s Take on Twitter, Research and Privacy

June 9, 2014January 25, 2023 Lakshmi Yajurvedi

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

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Guest Post: Details on Second Case of MERS in the United States, Found in Florida Traveler

May 13, 2014January 25, 2023 Lakshmi Yajurvedi

The CDC announced yesterday that a second case of MERS coronavirus in the United States has been identified in Florida. Worldwide there have been 538

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New Guidelines For HIV/AIDS Treatment

July 11, 2013January 25, 2023 Lakshmi Yajurvedi

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), earlier administration of antiretroviral treatments may be our newest weapon in the war against HIV/AIDS. Acquired Immune Deficiency

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New Guidelines For HIV/AIDS Treatment

July 11, 2013January 25, 2023 Lakshmi Yajurvedi

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), earlier administration of antiretroviral treatments may be our newest weapon in the war against HIV/AIDS. Acquired Immune Deficiency

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Valley Fever Causes Mass Transfer of Calif. Prison Inmates

May 3, 2013January 25, 2023 Lakshmi Yajurvedi

A federal official has ordered the transfer of more than 3,000 inmates at two San Joaquin Valley, Calif. state prisons. The order came from J.

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First Recorded Outbreak of Emerging Infectious Parasite at Hong Kong Rugby Tournament

March 22, 2013January 25, 2023 Lakshmi Yajurvedi

In a letter to the editor in the March 2013 issue of Emerging Infectious Diseases, the Hong Kong Department of Health writes about the first

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2011 Nobel Prize Winners in Medicine

October 7, 2011January 25, 2023 Lakshmi Yajurvedi

This past Monday, the Nobel Foundation announced the winners of the Nobel Prize in medicine. The winners have been honored for their discoveries in immunology

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Update on E.Coli seeds: EU to lift ban on Egyptian seed, bean and sprout exports?

September 6, 2011January 25, 2023 Lakshmi Yajurvedi

The European Union is considering lifting the embargo on 15 varieties of Egyptian seeds and beans after a delegation was sent to Egypt to investigate

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