CDC turns to Google searches, tweets to predict syphilis outbreaks – IOTW Report

CDC turns to Google searches, tweets to predict syphilis outbreaks

WaTimes> Syphilis has made a comeback in the U.S., and health researchers are using Google searches and tweets in an effort to predict the next outbreak.

After decades of steady decline, infection rates for the sexually transmitted disease started to rise after hitting a historic low in 2000 — from 2.2 cases per 100,000 people to 8.7 cases per 100,000 in 2015 and 2016, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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