The study compared mentions of pneumonia in the winter of 2019-2020 to those of previous winters.
Researchers found that a large group of individuals using this hashtag experience not feeling heard by a medical professional or a misdiagnosis.
COVID-19 has placed a new focus on how YouTube, Twitter and others are identifying and promoting valid sources of health information, writes VuMedi CEO Roman Giverts.
Scores of doctors have rallied against an article published in the Journal of Vascular Surgery that called out new vascular surgery doctors for "unprofessional content" on their social media pages.
As COVID-19 continues to spread across the US, healthcare providers and industry experts take to Twitter to dispel myths.
The company's move has come under fire for privacy concerns.
Also: Tweeted images could suggest troubled users; exercise apps could aid recovering cancer patients.
Yesterday, Apple made a big, long-awaited announcement in healthcare: the company is entering the personal health record space with Apple Health, a new feature that will interface with EHRs at 12 hospitals.
Former Twitter CEO Dick Costolo announced on Twitter yesterday -- by posting screen shots from his Apple Notes app -- that he is planning to launch a digital health company focused on fitness.
MedWatcher, from Epidemico.