The CDC is buying a platform to track online content about public health

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is buying a license for a digital content evaluation and analysis platform. This means the agency will have new tools to monitor and understand public health conversations online.

Public health agencies have struggled to keep up with online misinformation and rapidly changing public sentiment. This purchase gives the CDC a dedicated tool to track what people are saying about health topics across various digital platforms. It allows them to understand public perception and potential misinformation in real-time, which was previously a manual and fragmented effort.