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This is cool and I didn’t even know it existed, boy Google seems to have their hands in just about everything. Google’s new Flu Trend Tracker, uses aggregated data to estimate flu activity up to two weeks in advance of the media and news agencies so you can stay ahead of any fast spreading bugs. They use their Powerful Google Analytics software for viewing the data and it’s all separated by Country, then State or Region, check it out, look up your area, here’s the link - http://google.org/flutrends.

Twitter is probably the fastest know way to get information these days, with Millions of users all over the World, so The World Health Organization (WHO) has created a Twitter account to update the public fast, here’s the Twitter ID, @w0rldhealthorg be sure to follow them, you never know when it may come in handy.

There’s also the Center for Disease Control (CDC) website to get more detailed information about possible alerts, but don’t expect them to be as fast and up to date as WHO’s Twitter feed or Google’s Trend Tracker, it is the Government after all.

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