ECHOExploratory Compendium of Humanity Online

State Public Health Agency, CDC, and FDA Tweets (2012–2022)

LimitedMediumtextTwitter (X)CommunicationCovidHealthTime series

A twitter dataset of 690,281 tweet IDs from state health agencies, CDC, and FDA (2012–2022), collected by Mendez via academictwitteR (Harvard Dataverse, 2023). Each record contains tweet IDs, account state/agency labels — full content requires hydration. Longitudinal institutional public health Twitter archive spanning pre-pandemic baseline through COVID-19 response. Suitable for public health communication, pandemic response analysis, institutional messaging.

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Cite this dataset at public-health-tweets.echo.directory

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Data availability: Tweet IDs — hydration required

  • Tweet IDs only — full content requires Twitter API hydration
  • Twitter Academic Research API (free tier) retired — hydration now requires paid access

690,281 tweet IDs from state public health agencies, CDC, and FDA (2012–2022). Includes labels for the tweeting account (state, CDC, or FDA). Covers the full COVID-19 pandemic period plus 8 years of baseline. Twitter/X API now requires paid access for hydration.

690.3K
Tweet IDs
2012–2022
Time Span
State health, CDC, FDA
Accounts
50 states + CDC + FDA
State Labels
Twitter API (paid)
Hydration

Record

Catalog key
public_health_tweets
Authors
Mendez, Samuel R.
Year
2023
DOI / arXiv
10.7910/DVN/VX4HK8
License
CC0 1.0 (CC0-1.0)
Records
690,281
Text corpus
tweet text
Languages
en
Collected
2012 to 2022 (2010s, 2020s)
Region
Global (inferred: the platform is used worldwide)

Provenance

Originally published at
https://dataverse.harvard.edu/dataset.xhtml?persistentId=doi:10.7910/DVN/VX4HK8 unverified
Hosted copy
Mirrored on echo.directory on 2026-10-16, 56.8 MB across 11 files. Checksums in MANIFEST.json.

How to cite

BibTeX

@misc{echo2026,
  title  = {ECHO: Exploratory Compendium of Humanity Online},
  author = {Switzer, Braden and Zafarani, Reza},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://echo.directory},
  note   = {Syracuse University}
}

@dataset{mendez2023publichealth,
  title     = {State Public Health Agency, CDC, and FDA Tweets (2012 through 2022)},
  author    = {Mendez, Samuel R.},
  year      = {2023},
  publisher = {Harvard Dataverse},
  doi       = {10.7910/DVN/VX4HK8}
}

APA

Switzer, B., & Zafarani, R. (2026). ECHO: Exploratory Compendium of Humanity Online [Data repository]. Syracuse University. https://echo.directory

Mendez, S. R. (2023). State Public Health Agency, CDC, and FDA Tweets (2012–2022) [Data set]. https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/VX4HK8

MLA

Switzer, Braden, and Reza Zafarani. ECHO: Exploratory Compendium of Humanity Online. Syracuse University, 2026, echo.directory.

Mendez, Samuel R. State Public Health Agency, CDC, and FDA Tweets (2012–2022). 2023, doi.org/10.7910/DVN/VX4HK8.

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