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5 Ways Big Data Is Being Used To Understand COVID-19

Smart Data Collective

Now, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, big data has become a life-saving ally for the health care community. The following is just a sample of the many ways big data and machine learning are flattening the coronavirus curve, as well as study the disease, mount a sensible public response and reopen our communities, economies and countries.

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Have smartphones and ubiquitous internet access affected sedentary time among children and adolescents?

International Journal of Epidemiology Blog

Jakob Tarp, Knut Eirik Dalene and Ulf Ekelund As will be obvious to anyone on a bus or train or waiting for coffee, access to screen-based media has been revolutionised over the past two decades. The public health consequences of this increase in sedentary time are uncertain. It is possible to get by with as few as 2000 steps a day.

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Don’t Panic. Preparation for Infectious Diseases Goes A Long Way

Gideon

Tracey McNamara on West Nile Fever and COVID-19 As interviewed by Edward Borton, GIDEON What was the experience of discovering a new and emerging communicable disease outbreak on your doorstep? Was there a significant media response at the time for emerging infectious diseases? It was pretty crazy. Yes, I think so.

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Weight Loss Drugs arent “the answer”

Sheffield DPH

Do Health Economics 101 and read the TA, section 4 esp the discrepancy between manufacturers model assumptions vs committee central base case 3. likely to widen health inequalities. It will therefore be important to assess the potential impact on health inequalities. ICER in the order of £20k / QALY. Medicalises a social issue.