Flu? Malaria? Disease Forecasters Look To The Sky by Mike Stobbe, The Associated Press. January 3, 2013.
Increasingly weather is being incorporated into computer disease prediction models. The article cites some successes such as hantavirus and Rift Valley fever in Africa. A model that was created by Columbia University faculty is said to be able to predict the peak of the flu season up to seven weeks in advance. While there is some optimism about such models one expert said that he "wasn't sure any of them are ready for prime time."
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