Name: These 'disease hunters' developed a novel technique for tracking pandemics after 9/11, but lost funding right before COVID-19
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These 'disease hunters' developed a novel technique for tracking pandemics after 9/11, but lost funding right before COVID-19

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Keep Me Logged InKey PointsWhen Dr. Farzad Mostashari was the assistant commissioner for the New York City Department of Health in the early 2000s, he did something unprecedented.To keep tabs on the spread of disease in the region, Mostashari asked New York hospitals for access to a feed of their data, including the symptoms reported by some of the sickest patients. His team put together that collected anonymized information from emergency rooms across the state, and made it open for anyone to query.Nearly two decades later, on March 11, 2020, his work suddenly gained new relevance. The...

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These 'disease hunters' developed a novel technique for tracking pandemics after 9/11, but lost funding right before COVID-19

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