Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies
A Harvard University interfaculty initiative administered by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies
A Harvard University interfaculty initiative administered by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Archive: Mon Mar 2014

Gary King looks at Google Flu Trends
Its information-gathering abilities are no doubt impressive, but how good is Google at tracking cases of influenza? Pop Center faculty member Gary King, who recently co-authored a paper critiquing the accuracy of Google Flu Trends. A subsequent  New…

A reason to reduce anxiety, and an opportunity to do so!
We’ve long known that anxiety puts people at risk for coronary heart disease, but now a nationally representative longitudinal study of the US population has shown that anxiety also increases the risk of stroke. Pop Center faculty member…