Pandemics in the Age of Twitter

Twitter is more than just a networking website such as facebook as it is full of healthcare professionals that use it on a daily basis to provide information on relevant healthcare subjects and topics. One of the main considerations in health informatics is the use of online media as a source to gather required information on specific health topics. The article below is the perfect example of twitter use to provide health related alerts to users all over the world:

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