IBM unleashes [free] software tool for thwarting pandemics

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IBM researchers on Friday released free software to help public health officials prevent pandemics of diseases such as bird flu or dengue fever.

IBM's Spatiotemporal Epidemiological Modeler (STEM) is a tool for public health scientists worldwide to forecast how diseases will spread in the same way meteorologists predict the paths of storms, according to researchers.

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very good to hear.. applause for

very good to hear.. applause for IBM on this one..

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