Satellites Now Able To Track Disease

This articles talks about the discovery of new uses of the satellite. Satellites are able to track people and where people are more concentrated at different times of the year. Because epidemics and disease crop up where the population booms, satellites have been found tobe a very accurate way to help predict such things. The hotspots of people are correlates to the hotspots of disease outbreaks and can thus help monitor and prepare for such events to occur.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/12/111208145343.htm