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Google Reporting Flu Searches to Feds

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SICK SURVEILLANCE: GOOGLE REPORTS FLU SEARCHES, LOCATIONS TO FEDS
Tue Nov 11 2008 15:34:50 ET

GOOGLE will launch a new tool that will help federal officials "track sickness".

"Flu Trends" uses search terms that people put into the web giant to figure out where influenza is heating up, and will notify the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in real time.

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[edit on 11-11-2008 by Dimitry]

"Engineers will capture keywords and phrases related to the flu, including thermometer, flu symptoms, muscle aches, chest congestion and others"

Real time outbreak tracking, to pinpoint where people are searching about symptoms about the flu, or perhaps other "outbreaks"?

And there's more to come, stay tuned.

"Eric Schmidt, GOOGLE's chief executive vows: "From a technological perspective, it is the beginning."

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