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Google: “I’m Feeling Sicky”
Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines —
... The Guardian:
Google already has a window into our souls through our internet searches and it now has insight into our ailing bodies too.
The internet giant is using its vast database of individual search terms to predict the emergence of flu up to a two weeks before government epidemiologists.
Google Flu Trends uses the tendency of people to seek online help for their health problems.
By tracking searches for terms such as ‘cough’, ‘fever’ and ‘aches and ...
Google Flu Trends
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
... Google's new public health initiative, Google Flu Trends, looks at the relative popularity of a slew of flu-related search terms to determine where in the U.S. flu outbreaks may be occurring. ...
Google to share data on “flu” searches with feds
Hot Air » Top Picks —
... already allows them to do. Second, it’s not for the feds’ eyes only, apparently; curiosity seekers can track the info themselves on the Google Flu map . Third, if they do break their promise and share personal info, word is bound to get out and send users scurrying for Yahoo, a fact that Google explicitly ...
Google Flu Tracker
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
... That simple act, multiplied across millions of keyboards in homes around the country, has given rise to a new early warning system for fast-spreading flu outbreaks, called Google Flu Trends. ...
Read These Now Because Mr. Smith Failed
Shakesville —
... of the CIA, General Michael Hayden: Bin Laden Alive, Worried About 'Own Security.' First live rhinoceros birth from frozen-thawed semen. ONE reported successful case of a bone marrow transplant curing AIDS. ONE. (NY) Time asks: "Can a Bone-Marrow Transplant Halt HIV? " Hmmm... Tis the season: What's the Difference Between Seasonal Flu, Pandemic Flu, and Avian (Bird) Flu? If that fails there is always Google Flu Trends. EU Embraces Ugly Fruits and Vegetables. (Discover) ...
Daily Digest: Which Way to a Two-Way White House?
techPresident —
... . Brilliant, a famed epidemiologist who is now leading the team that just released Google Flu Trends maps (and who also just so happened to co-found the legendary online community, the WELL), is a visionary for our time -- tackling the brick-and-mortar world's most entrenched problems, using what we've learned in the brief history of the 'net thus far. ...
Midday Open Thread
Daily Kos —
... in advance of publication to describe how their flu trends search engine works. An excellent blog write-up from Technology, Health and Development is ...
Flu And You - Part I
Daily Kos —
... [If you want to track whether people are searching the internet about flu in your state, go here. And if you want to see what CDC sees, ...
Flu And You - Part VI
Daily Kos —
By the way, flu season is heating up. You can check that by clicking the link, or going here. There's lots of the milder influenza B, and some of the nastier influenza A, but on the whole, we've had worse years (but this one is not over.) Luckily, the vaccine this year seems to be hitting the A strains fairly well (one of which is tamiflu-resistant), but the B strains not so well (see part I of this series). Here's NBC News talking about flu season and pandemics from Friday's broadcast: This week was also the week the Congress ...
Health Care Tuesday
Daily Kos —
... An unclear explanation of why, but: White patients are less likely to die of post-surgery complications at teaching hospitals than at non-teaching hospitals, but that benefit doesn't apply to black patients, a U.S. study. finds. Sunday's Flu And You series interviewed Dr. Jeff Levi of Trust For America's Health with a discussion on public health and where it. Seasonal flu tracking is here. Bird flu (H5N1) has seasonality, and this is the season: ...
Health Care Friday
Daily Kos —
... Note the implication. However, flu vaccine makes you "flu-resistant", not "flu-proof" (maybe 70% efficacy), but it's still a good thing to do. Flu trends in your state can be found here. ...
Flu And You - Part VII
Daily Kos —
... This public health series uses influenza as a common illness to explore the intersection between public health, policy and politics, and today, we're going to talk a bit about children's health insurance (SCHIP) and smoking. For your weekly seasonal flu update go here or ...
Health Care Friday
Daily Kos —
... in Hamburg, Germany, who pricked herself in the finger during an experiment. No approved treatments exist for Ebola, but at the sessions, researchers and physicians discussed the results from a raft of recent studies, some not yet published, into treatments that could prevent or slow the disease, which has a mortality rate of up to 90%. See also previous post, same topic. Twitter tracks illness via Sick City. Google tracks illness via flu searches. Report your own symptoms here at Who Is Sick?. Advertising for your ...
Clearing the Cache: A New PCAST of Characters
techPresident —
... Speaking of GOOG, they say their flu map reflects that swine flu cases in the U.S. are still few and far between. But aren't their results based on search? And aren't we ...
WWGD on Pandemic? Google Swine Flu Map Needs Editor
techPresident —
... California. And in Spain, which has reported exactly two cases of confirmed swine flu, the Google map shows a virtual Iberian disaster. Sure, the Google map is an interesting experiment in collaborative reporting; yet it may be tricky for a company to let it stand as a branded effort, as one of its own products, given that the collaboration has produced a wildly inaccurate picture of the nascent pandemic - especially when its own Google.org team produced a well-regarded and more scientific flu trends map based on regional searches for symptoms and medical assistance. And the ...
Googling The Flu
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
... Google Flu Trends aggregates search data to track the spread of infection "up to two weeks faster than traditional systems." Time ...
How the Swine Flu Has Spread
FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right —
Yesterday, I had the opportunity to speak with a couple of engineers from Google who are working on a product known as Google Flu Trends". This is a very simple, yet elegant and important application of what might be termed predictive analytics; if there were awards given out for such things (the ...
