GIS is frequently used in medical geography and epidemiology. Terry Jones, an antigenic cartographer, posts on the O’Reilly site a follow-up to a talk given at the O’Reilly ETech conference. The use of cartographic techniques to model the jumping of virus through antigenic space can help researchers develop vaccine components […]
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Google Helps You Find Flu Vaccines
With the widespread shortages of both seasonal flu and the H1N1 flu vaccines, Google has stepped in and added the new Flu Shot Finder to their repertoire of mapping applications. As stated on the Google.org blog, “Especially given slower than expected vaccine production, we think it’s important to bring together […]