I just learned about a fascinating initiative in which 20 global health organizations and universities are working with IBM to see whether an open-source approach might help clip the wings of bird flu.
Building on the work of Larry Brilliant, the initiative will tap IBM's Interoperable Healthcare Information Infrastructure and Spatio-Temporal Epidemiological Modeler, which will involve an open-source community of epidemiologists exploring how diseases spread.
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May 18, 2006 at 1:39am by Sandy
To really clip bird flu's wings it would be wise to include holistic practitioners and midwives in the mix. These are people who see things outside the box of traditional allopathic medicine. What's the chance that the door will be open to these groups?
August 25, 2006 at 5:56am by susan
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