Tracking flu outbreaks on the web

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If you had the chance to ask the director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention what keeps him up at night, you might expect to hear a made-for-Hollywood litany of horrors.
Photographer: CDC

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Posted: 01/09/2013

The web is acting as an early warning system for hospitals and other health officials tracking the flu. And there are dozens of resources on-line that anyone can search.

- Google Flu Trends

- CDC Flu View

- SickWeather

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