UT researchers harnessing data to predict where flu could strike next in Texas

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Most people try to steer clear of the flu, but Spencer Fox is fascinated by it.
Fox is getting his Ph.D. at the University of Texas at Austin, where he is tracking both pandemic and seasonal influenza numbers.
The Centers for Disease Control releases its data every one to two weeks, and Fox uses code to crunch the numbers.
“What we’re trying to do is harness digital health data to try and supplement those epidemiological reports so that we can predict into the f