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nytimes.com - 11/11/2008

Google Uses Searches to Track Flu’s Spread

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Google is tracking the ebb and flow of Web queries like “flu symptoms” or “muscle aches” in an effort to identify outbreaks. >

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Ben Smith's Blog:  Remainders, Nov. 11, 2008

Suburban Guerrilla:  Flu Trends

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google.org - 11/12/2008

Google Flu Trends

— google.org — What is the flu? Influenza (the flu) is a serious contagious respiratory illness caused by influenza viruses. Millions of people in the United States get the flu each year. Most people are sick for about a week. Some people (especially young children, ... (more) Google Flu Trends

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drudgereport.com - 11/11/2008

GOOGLE REPORTS FLU SEARCHES, LOCATIONS TO FEDS 2008

— drudgereport.com — GOOGLE REPORTS FLU SEARCHES, LOCATIONS TO FEDS 2008 (more) GOOGLE REPORTS FLU SEARCHES, LOCATIONS TO FEDS 2008

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huffingtonpost.com - 11/12/2008

Google Flu Tracker

— huffingtonpost.com — There is a new common symptom of the flu, in addition to the usual aches, coughs, fevers and sore throats. Turns out a lot of ailing Americans enter phrases like "flu symptoms" into Google and other search engines before they call their doctors. That simple act, multiplied across millions of ... (more) Google Flu Tracker

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Remainders, Nov. 11, 2008
Ben Smith's Blog — ... thing. Cillizza says Podesta says Obama says there's no tension between himself and Bush. Paul Broun talks Brown Shirts and Barack Obama. Yikes. John Edwards is getting $35K to speak in Indiana tonight, Wonkette reports. Romney ponies up $5k for Norm Coleman's recount. A National Review-ish Army vet says defeatist Obama's made his 10-year-old weep. Google is using the Internets to track the spread of flu.  

Flu Trends
Suburban Guerrilla — Is there anything Google can’t do? I’d love to work there. I always think of stuff like this - imagine working for a place that says, “Cool! Give it a shot!”