Background Internet search patterns have emerged as a novel data source for monitoring
infectious disease trends. We propose that these data can also be used more broadly to …

Background Abortion is a common medical procedure, yet its availability has become more
limited across the United States over the past decade. Women who do not know where to go …

Objective A major challenge to understanding barriers to abortion is that those individuals
most affected may never reach an abortion provider, making the full impact of restrictive …

Background: People use the internet as a primary source for learning about medical
procedures and their associated safety profiles and risks. Although abortion is one of the …

Background: Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a serious health problem in the
Russian Federation. However, the true scale of HIV in Russia has long been the subject of …

Background: Internet users use search engines to look for information online, including
health information. Researchers in medical informatics have found a high correlation of the …

Abstract Background The Internet is valuable for those with limited access to health care
services because of its low cost and wealth of information. Our objectives were to investigate …

Background Syndromic surveillance uses health-related data that precede diagnosis and
signal a sufficient probability of a case or an outbreak to warrant further public health …

Background Internet-based surveillance systems provide a novel approach to monitoring
infectious diseases. Surveillance systems built on internet data are economically, logistically …

The Internet is a primary source for health-related information, and Internet search activity is
associated with infectious disease outbreaks. The authors hypothesized that Internet search …