Keeping a careful eye on weather systems can help public-health officials predict influenza outbreaks weeks, months and even years ahead. That is the conclusion of a study by a cross-border group of climatologists, epidemiologists and public-health professionals from Israel, the Palestinian Authority and Germany.
AuthorAbigail Klein Leichman
Abigail Klein Leichman is a writer and associate editor at ISRAEL21c. Prior to moving to Israel in 2007, she was a specialty writer and copy editor at a major daily newspaper in New Jersey and has freelanced for a variety of newspapers and periodicals since 1984.