H1N1

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.

Could Swine Flu Take the Internet Down?

Matthew Rivera, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on October 2, 2009 at 12:59 pm PT

If the H1N1 swine-flu pandemic arrives this fall, one thing that may break under the strain is the Internet. Emergency planners say that school-age children and telecommuting adults could be accessing the network simultaneously, potentially overloading the public Internet’s capacity.