Thursday, October 19

The Happiest Google Maps Mash Up Ever!


Not really. Here is HEALTHmap, where you can track the latest outbreaks of about 50 diseases. Everything from E. coli (USA for the win with 57) to Marburg Hemorrhagic Fever (Angola, it's all you, baby). It draws for a few sources. Some are reports by medical experts that are more accurate and cover in more detail but take a long time to report. But it also draws from Google News which is very quick, but will have inaccurate reporting and not cover certain things (like I doubt Canada and Ethiopia are the only places that have had Diarrhea in the last 30 day... and only 6 cases between them).

But, hey, it is a handy tool to plan your nest trip. Or send the link to your hypochondriac aunt. I had to look up Chikungunya. Now I feel sick.

(via Wired)