Politico April 10, 2024
What if artificial intelligence could alert health authorities in a country that a measles outbreak is brewing, allowing it to launch a vaccination campaign that could keep infection at bay?
That’s the goal of a project from U.S. biotech company Ginkgo Bioworks and Northeastern University researchers with funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: to develop a measles forecasting model that uses AI, Ginkgo announced today.
The model will draw on public health reports, travel patterns, economic activity and other types of data to assess the risk of outbreaks and inform decision-making, the company said.
The forecasting model will open access to help the global health community understand the likelihood of measles emerging and spreading within a given area.
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