From Plague Bills To Predictive Algorithms

health metrics
data science
Published

February 8, 2026

Episode Overview

From death records to predictive algorithms.

This episode traces 400 years of health intelligence—from counting who died to forecasting what comes next.

We move from John Graunt’s 17th-century Bills of Mortality, through modern burden-of-disease metrics like DALYs, to today’s machine-learning models that learn from data to anticipate outbreaks and inform prevention.

Key Topics Discussed

  • Data-driven insights
  • Health metrics analysis
  • Innovative approaches to public health
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