This document presents research on modeling the spread of news and rumors on Twitter using epidemiological models. It finds that a SEIZ (Susceptible-Exposed-Infected-Skeptics) model more accurately describes the spread of information on Twitter compared to a simpler SIS (Susceptible-Infected-Susceptible) model, especially at the initial stages. The researchers analyzed several real-world events and found the SEIZ model produced lower errors between the model and actual tweet volumes. Parameters extracted from fitting the SEIZ model to data could help identify rumors versus factual news on Twitter. Limitations include not incorporating information about followers or population characteristics.