How Twitter Became a Lifeline During the 2009 H1N1 Pandemic: A Deep Dive into Social Media’s Role in Public Health

Introduction Imagine logging onto Twitter today and finding a timeline bustling with urgent updates, personal anecdotes, and heated debates all revolving around a single topic: a global health crisis. While this might sound like a snapshot of the COVID-19 pandemic, this exact scenario played out during the 2009 H1N1 outbreak, also known as the swine […]