Thursday, April 30, 2009

Online tracking of the Swine Flue

The swine flue will be big news for awhile. One of our local high schools is closed. I'm sure more will follow. The scare is this will turn into a pandemic, with lots of people catching the disease, and many dying.

While we wait to see if this will blow over and become huge, there are a few web sites you can use to track the status.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is one of the best known. They have a page for just the Swine Flue.

The HealthMap uses Google Map technology to show outbreaks of various diseases around the world. You can select just the Swine Flue.

Google has a Flu Trends site with a graph and a map showing flue activity and the status by state for the United States.

(Hat tip: Technology Review)


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