The computer algorithm that was among the first to detect the coronavirus outbreak

A little-known band of doctors and hi-tech wizards say they were able to find the vital speed needed to attack the coronavirus: the computing power of artificial intelligence. They call their new weapon "outbreak science." It could change the way we fight another contagion. Already it has led to calls for an overhaul of how the federal government does things. It's a digital early warning system, and it was among the first to raise alarms about this lethal outbreak.