Early prediction tool for bird flu
|
| Posted
:
Thu, 01 Mar 2007 21:37:00 GMT |
| By
:
Health News Editor |
| Category
:
Health |
| News Alerts by
Email ( click
here ) |
|
|
|
|
|
IOWA CITY, Iowa, March 1 The University of Iowa and Iowa Health Prediction Market have developed a system to collect and analyze data if a human-to-human bird flu outbreak occurred.The Avian Flu Market is an information trading and aggregation system to help public health officials around the world collect and analyze information to forecast the timing and extent of a human-to-human bird flu outbreak.Many health care workers are the first to know about influenza activity in their communities and that information can help predict the course of an infectious disease, said study leader Forrest Nelson of the university. This forecasting tool taps into that disperse knowledge to provide important new information about the development and spread of avian flu, and better ready ourselves to protect public health both here and abroad.The AFM is a spinoff of the Iowa Electronic Market, which has achieved an impressive prediction record that is superior to alternative mechanisms such as opinion polls, according to Nelson.Copyright 2007 by UPI
|
|
|
|
|
|
Related News
Second twin stirs after successful separation in Australia
Sydney - The second of the Bangladeshi conjoined twins that Australian surgeons separated this week is being brought out of an induced coma. Trishna was the first to be woken and doctors at Melbourne's Royal Children's Hospital said Friday that her s...
23 per cent of Taiwan city kids have considered suicide
Taipei - Twenty-three per cent of Taiwan's city children have considered suicide due to school pressure and family problems, a survey showed. The Child Welfare League Foundation surveyed 1,547 primary school pupils across Taiwan to find out the diffe...
Police seize illicit medicines from web merchants - Summary
Wiesbaden, Germany/Washington - Police in 24 nations raided illegal internet pharmacies this week, intercepted parcels at mail depots and seized stocks of illicit medicines, German police and US officials said Thursday. The raids, which began Monday,...
Police seize illicit medicines from web merchants in Interpol raids
Wiesbaden, Germany - Police in 24 nations raided illegal internet pharmacies this week, intercepted parcels at mail depots and seized stocks of illicit medicines, German police said Thursday. The raids, which began Monday were aimed at confiscating c...
Child mortality drops in 20th year of rights convention
New York - Child mortality rates have dropped by 28 per cent since the Convention on the Rights of the Child took effect 20 years ago, the UN Children's Fund said Thursday. An estimated 8.8 million children under five died from various diseases in 20...
One twin talking after successful separation in Australia
Sydney - One of the Bangladeshi conjoined twins Australian surgeons separated this week is talking and cuddling her stand-in mother while the other is wiggling her fingers and soon will be woken from her induced coma. Doctors at Melbourne's Royal Chi...
Macedonia reports its first swine flu death
Skopje - Macedonia on Wednesday reported its first swine flu death - a 32-year-old man who died in Skopje hospital according to local media. The man was hospitalized earlier this week with a serious case of pneumonia. ...
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
