Statisticians using social media to track foodborne illness and improve disaster response

The growing popularity and use of social media around the world is presenting new opportunities for statisticians to glean insightful information from the infinite stream of posts, tweets and other online communications that will help improve public safety. Scientists have developed two such examples -- one that enhances systems to track foodborne illness outbreaks and another designed to improve disaster-response activities.

from Today's Healthcare News -- ScienceDaily http://ift.tt/1NrUAVI