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App Watch: A Mobile Swine Flu Tracker

Andrew LaVallee, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on October 5, 2009 at 9:40 am PT

The creators of HealthMap, a Web site that aggregates disease information world-wide, have created an iPhone application that lets consumers keep tabs on nearby outbreaks and submit reports of their own. Outbreaks Near Me includes a map that is updated hourly with reports from more than 30,000 information sources.