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Public health surveillance, from social media to sewage, spots disease outbreaks early to stop them fast

  • Written by John Duah, Assistant Professor of Health Services Administration, Auburn University
Public health surveillance, from social media to sewage, spots disease outbreaks early to stop them fastHealth officials work to connect the dots during the early stages of an outbreak.Maxiphoto/iStock via Getty Images Plus

A cluster of people talking on social media about their mysterious rashes. A sudden die-off of birds at a nature preserve. A big bump in patients showing up to a city’s hospital emergency rooms.

These are the kinds of events...

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