Wednesday
Sep032008
Global disease alert map
Wednesday, September 3, 2008 at 12:37PM 
Here is yet another exciting use of the GoolgeMaps API.... HealthMap aggregates outbreak data by disease from numerous sources (news, personal accounts, and official alerts) and displays them by location in real-time. It's a collaborative project brought together by the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology. If you're not a germaphobe now, you may become one after taking a look at the map; be sure to check it out before your next international trip or even if you stay around here. For example, did you know that the West Nile Virus has infected 78 people in California this year? Even closer to home, there was a TB scare at Kaiser in SF last week.
Reader Comments (2)
Wow this is really cool. I have never heard about healthmap before and i really like the idea. Thanks for this information Ellen and i have your blog bookmarked now:)
Yeah i know this is old but.. I had no idea someone had mocked up something like this.. Quite interesting... Looking at the spread is what i find amazeing