Researchers study the human factor in spread of pandemic illness
Tuesday, May 12, 2009 - 19:42
in Health & Medicine
Industrial engineers Sandra Garrett of Clemson University and Barrett Caldwell of Purdue University have proposed a new system to warn of an impending pandemic by monitoring signals in human behaviour. The system could result in using a simple icon on a television screen to warn of future phases of an outbreak of an illness such as the flu...