The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has issued a challenge to developers to design web-based applications that use Twitter to track health trends in real time.

The hope is that health officials will use knowledge of these trends to figure out emerging health issues and warn communities about public health emergencies.

The challenge is through HHS's Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response. The contest, called Now Trending—#Health in My Community, will run online through June 1.

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