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Predicting disease outbreaks using social media  Researchers at the University of Waterloo have developed a machine learning approach that could help public health officials anticipate disease outbreaks by analyzing vaccine skepticism on social media. Using the mathematical concept of tipping points, the team showed that online misinformation spreads much like a contagion and can signal heightened outbreak risk well before illness appears. Their model, tested on posts from California ahead of a 2014 measles outbreak, detected early warning patterns that traditional tweet-counting methods missed. This work supports Waterloo’s efforts to strengthen evidence-based decision-making and rebuild public trust in science, and the model could eventually be adapted across platforms like TikTok and Instagram to help identify communities nearing a critical shift in vaccination sentiment.

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What long COVID-19, ME/CFS, and neuroscience have in common and to gain from one another Long COVID continues to affect millions, with symptoms that mirror those of myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). This research highlight reveals that both conditions share comm...

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UC3M leads European project to create 6G networks that interact intelligently with reality Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) is coordinating MultiX, a European scientific project in which 17 research centers and technology companies from 7 countries are participating, which aims to re...

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Study finds 'safe' BPA alternatives pose health risks Bisphenols used in manufacturing products as ‘harmless’ alternatives to BPA pose a health risk, according to a UMH study. Many bisphenols present in everyday items interfere with the ...

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Archaeology: Larger-scale warfare may have occurred in Europe 1,000 years earlier A re-analysis of more than 300 sets of 5,000-year-old skeletal remains excavated from a site in Spain suggests that many of the individuals may have been casualties of the earliest period of warfare i...

🏺 Analysis of 5,000-y/o skeletal remains from a single #MassBurial in northern #Spain suggests even earlier period of larger scale #Neolithic #warfare in Europe than previously expected in the region:

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