Can Big Data From Epic Indian Pilgrimage Help Save Lives? by Somini Sengupta. The New York Times. February 8, 2013.
More Than Two Dozen Killed In Kumbh Mela Stampede by Raksha Kumar, Heather Timmons, and Malavika Vyawahare. The New York Times. February 10, 2013.
The first article deals with a Harvard public health team who are taking advantage of the largest gathering of human-kind in the history of the world to track illnesses and create the largest public health data set ever among a transient population. The festival is expected to draw more than 100 million people.
The second article focuses on deaths that resulted from a stampede of the masses at Kumbh Mela Hindu religious festival.
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