Steven Riley
@stevenriley.bsky.social
Infectious disease scientist at UKHSA and Imperial College
The analysis of text with an LLM helps us get faster, better insight. In this paper, we identify models to help with health security tasks often conducted on large volumes of text. We also describe potential strengths and weaknesses of different models.
arxiv.org/abs/2405.14766
arxiv.org/abs/2405.14766
Evaluating Large Language Models for Public Health Classification and Extraction Tasks
Advances in Large Language Models (LLMs) have led to significant interest in their potential to support human experts across a range of domains, including public health. In this work we present automa...
arxiv.org
March 3, 2025 at 1:07 PM
The analysis of text with an LLM helps us get faster, better insight. In this paper, we identify models to help with health security tasks often conducted on large volumes of text. We also describe potential strengths and weaknesses of different models.
arxiv.org/abs/2405.14766
arxiv.org/abs/2405.14766
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NEW #UKHSAVirusWatch: Data shows a continued decrease in positive tests for #Flu, #COVID19 has remained at baseline levels and #RSV activity decreased but continues to circulate at baseline levels. 📉🤧
February 13, 2025 at 4:48 PM
NEW #UKHSAVirusWatch: Data shows a continued decrease in positive tests for #Flu, #COVID19 has remained at baseline levels and #RSV activity decreased but continues to circulate at baseline levels. 📉🤧
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Official statement from the #DRC Ministry of Health on an unknown disease with 376 cases and 76 deaths since Oct 24, 2024 in Kwango.
Symptoms include fever, headache, anemia, and respiratory issues.
Monitoring closely—could be many things. More details needed.
Translation via Google translate
Symptoms include fever, headache, anemia, and respiratory issues.
Monitoring closely—could be many things. More details needed.
Translation via Google translate
December 4, 2024 at 3:47 AM
Official statement from the #DRC Ministry of Health on an unknown disease with 376 cases and 76 deaths since Oct 24, 2024 in Kwango.
Symptoms include fever, headache, anemia, and respiratory issues.
Monitoring closely—could be many things. More details needed.
Translation via Google translate
Symptoms include fever, headache, anemia, and respiratory issues.
Monitoring closely—could be many things. More details needed.
Translation via Google translate
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Unknown disease kills 143 people in south-west DRC, local authorities say
Unknown disease kills 143 people in south-west DRC, local authorities say
Infected people described as having flu-like symptoms including high fever and severe headaches
An unknown disease killed 143 people in a south-west province of Democratic Republic of the Congo in November, local authorities told Reuters.
Infected…
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2024 at 3:17 PM
Unknown disease kills 143 people in south-west DRC, local authorities say
This is worse than KAOS being cancelled.
November 6, 2024 at 6:53 PM
This is worse than KAOS being cancelled.
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USDA agency announcement: "Federal and State Veterinary Agencies Share Update on HPAI Detections in Oregon Backyard Farm, Including First H5N1 Detections in Swine" 🧪 #EpiSky #PublicHealth
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Federal and State Veterinary Agencies Share Update on HPAI Detections in Oregon Backyard Farm, Including First H5N1 Detections in Swine | Animal and Plant Health Inspection ServiceLockBack to top
There is no concern about the safety of the nation’s pork supply as a result of this finding. Press Release Contact: aphispress@usda.gov
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October 30, 2024 at 11:13 PM
USDA agency announcement: "Federal and State Veterinary Agencies Share Update on HPAI Detections in Oregon Backyard Farm, Including First H5N1 Detections in Swine" 🧪 #EpiSky #PublicHealth
www.aphis.usda.gov/news/agency-...
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