"infectious diseases" blog posts

Influencers for Influenza? How health researchers could use social media as a data source

Watching your favourite movie. Selling that old armchair. Or getting through a new bout of illness – whatever you want to talk about, social media is now a firmly mainstream way to do it. And with so many users, that’s a lot of information. However, we still haven’t tapped into the full potential of these data for scientific research, particularly for how they might shed light on the health needs of local communities.

Posted on: 28 February 2023