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Google Joins Nanny State to Monitor Flu?
Medgadget —
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So why bother with estimates from aggregated search queries? It turns out that traditional flu surveillance systems take 1-2 weeks to collect and release surveillance data, but Google search queries can be automatically counted very quickly. By making our flu estimates available each day, Google Flu Trends may provide an early-warning system for outbreaks of influenza.
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AppleInsider —
... as YouTube and is built with ordinary Internet streaming protocols that aren't forced to run in Google's interface. This opens the door to third-party apps, according to Google. Google sending flu tracking info to the CDC Lastly, in an example of Google extending its reach further still, the company today said it's now publicly tracking flu info based on its search engine results. Those running searches on flu-related keywords are passively contributing to a pool of live information that the search giant believes will help track the spread of the actual influenza virus ...
Tracking USA flu trends with Google Flu Trends
D' Technology Weblog —
... Google has launched Google Flu Trends in USA to let you find up-to-date influenza-related activity estimates for each of the 50 states. “Our team found that certain aggregated search queries tend to be very common during flu season each year. We compared these aggregated queries against data provided by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and we found that there’s a very close relationship between the frequency of these search queries and the number of people who are experiencing flu-like symptoms each week. As a result, if we ...
BehindTheMedspeak: Google Flu Tracker is nothing to sniff[le] at
bookofjoe —
... Just unveiled yesterday, Google's latest offering — google.org/flutrends — takes the results of millions of searches with phrases like "flu symptoms," mixes them with Google's special proprietary algorithm sauce and produces a real-time map (above) showing where in the U.S. it's hitting. ...
Google Flu Trends
MAKE Magazine —
... Google is aggregating their search data to estimate flu activity by state, they say up to two weeks faster than the CDC.
We have found a close relationship between how many people search for flu-related topics and how many people actually have flu symptoms. Of course, not every person who searches for "flu" is actually sick, but a pattern emerges when all the flu-related search queries from each state and region are added together. We compared our query counts with data from a surveillance system managed by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and ...
Google using search data to explore flu trends in the US
Gizmos for Geeks —
... You can find out how this all works by visiting Google’s Flu Trends site.
BTW, you can even download the raw data and toy with it yourself if you’d like.
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Google Tracks the Flu
OpticalPoptitude.com —
...and does a better job than anybody used to, of course. Using a simple interface and up-to-date data, Google has established a flu tracking site that shows lots of promise. Traveling soon or worried about going to the shopping mall? Check the site or (if you are really smart) get the shot. ~ Praetorian Guard
Google Tracks U.S. Flu Trends Using Search Data [Health]
Lifehacker —
[image] Google's now tracking flu activity across the U.S. by aggregating flu-related searches by area; Google Flu Trends purportedly can predict flu outbreaks in your state two weeks faster than traditional systems. Give a search on your zip code to get your flu shot before you're doing one of those searches.
Google Flu Trends Tracks by State
Gear Live —
... Worried about the flu? Google Flu Trends uses several search terms to figure out where the next outbreak may occur. Launched Tuesday, they collaborated with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to get tracking data from a 5 year period. Hit the site, move your mouse over the state, and get the current status of outbreak. ...
BehindTheMedspeak: WhoIsSick.org — 'Your site for current and local sickness information'
bookofjoe —
... about Google Flu Trends, where he wrote, "A Web site called whoissick.org... invites people to report what ails them and superimposes the results on a map. But the site has received relatively little traffic." ...
BehindTheMedspeak: HealthMap – 'Global disease alert map'
bookofjoe —
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Miguel Helft's November 12, 2008 New York Times front page story about Google Flu Trends mentioned this site in passing; he wrote, "HealthMap, a project affiliated with the Children's Hospital Boston, scours the web for articles, blog posts and newsletters to create a map (top) that tracks emerging infectious diseases around the world."
In a Wall Street Journal article by Robert A. Guth also appearing on November 12, 2008 he wrote, "At Harvard Medical School's Children's Hospital Boston, a site called HealthMap ...
Swine Flu: Google maps and Twitter panic
Tech Digest —
... The weekend's reports of an outbreak of Swine Flu originating in Mexico have created something of a stir on Twitter and done a very interesting job of highlighting some of the major differences between the real-time search system and the more established approach of Google. On the one hand, Google has assimilated an interesting webpage on facts of the flu on their own and other people have created ...
Live Swine Flu Mashup, Google Flu Trends Tracker, and Twitter on Swine Flu H1N1
Alice Hill's Real Tech News - Independent Tech —
... swineflu.png Google Flu Trends Google has the following app up and running : RealTechnews Google Flu H1N1 And then Twitter is capturing real time cases here: ...
Google releases experimental flu trends data for Mexico
Gizmos for Geeks —
... This search data shows flu trends for Mexico. Note the word ‘trends’. We should re-emphasize what Google is saying and note that this is useful for modeling what’s happening and studying the situation, but not ...
Why Bing will never topple Google
UK Gadget and Tech News, Reviews and Shopping —
... , for germophobes they have a flu mapping engine . The argument is not whether Microsoft will topple Google- they are much older and already massively successful- but entering a ‘market’ that seemingly already has all searching bases covered is not wise. Ask.com has relaunched at least twice since its opening, Lycos has faded to a distance memory, Bing just doesn’t have the popculture ring to it that our favourite primary-coloured, simple-yet-hugely-effective web search giant. If you like what you’re reading then learn more about joining our ...
Beat the flu by working remotely
Crave: The gadget blog —
... One of the best ways to track the flu's spread is via Google Flu Trends, an interactive map that indicates the frequency of flu-related search terms in various countries. ...
