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Google Inc. is accustomed to fighting viruses, but they are usually of the digital, not biological, variety. Today, Google will unveil a Canadian version of Google Flu Trends, a sophisticated flu-tracking Web tool that gathers data from the company’s search engine and crunches it down to create a near real-time picture of the level of influenza infection in a given area. Because Web users often turn to the Internet as a first source of information about signs and symptoms of influenza when they begin feeling sick, Google developed Flu Trends to provide public health agencies with a new means of tracking trends during flu season as a way of preventing outbreaks. Google Flu Trends — a product of the company’s philanthropic wing, Google.org– first launched in the United States last November, with subsequent versions appearing in Mexico in April and in Australia and New Zealand in June. Canada is one of 16 countries into which Google is expanding the service today. The free service was c
Google Inc. is accustomed to fighting viruses, but they are usually of the digital, not biological, variety. Today, Google will unveil a Canadian version of Google Flu Trends, a sophisticated flu-tracking Web tool that gathers data from the company’s search engine and crunches it down to create a near real-time picture of the level of influenza infection in a given area. Because Web users often turn to the Internet as a first source of information about signs and symptoms of influenza when they begin feeling sick, Google developed Flu Trends to provide public health agencies with a new means of tracking trends during flu season as a way of preventing outbreaks. Google Flu Trends — a product of the company’s philanthropic wing, Google.org– first launched in the United States last November, with subsequent versions appearing in Mexico in April and in Australia and New Zealand in June. Canada is one of 16 countries into which Google is expanding the service today. The free service was c
Google Inc. is accustomed to fighting viruses, but they are usually of the digital, not biological, variety. Today, Google will unveil a Canadian version of Google Flu Trends, a sophisticated flu-tracking Web tool that gathers data from the company’s search engine and crunches it down to create a near real-time picture of the level of influenza infection in a given area. Because Web users often turn to the Internet as a first source of information about signs and symptoms of influenza when they begin feeling sick, Google developed Flu Trends to provide public health agencies with a new means of tracking trends during flu season as a way of preventing outbreaks. Google Flu Trends — a product of the company’s philanthropic wing, Google.org– first launched in the United States last November, with subsequent versions appearing in Mexico in April and in Australia and New Zealand in June. Canada is one of 16 countries into which Google is expanding the service today. The free service was c
Google Inc. is accustomed to fighting viruses, but they are usually of the digital, not biological, variety. Today, Google will unveil a Canadian version of Google Flu Trends, a sophisticated flu-tracking Web tool that gathers data from the company’s search engine and crunches it down to create a near real-time picture of the level of influenza infection in a given area.
