Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

University of Washington gets grant to help doctors identify pregnancy drug risks
By Aditi Pai | 12:34 pm | November 20, 2015
The University of Washington and RightAnswer, a chemical information management service, have received a $150,000 Small Business Innovation and Research grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to develop and launch an app that helps healthcare providers access data about the risks of taking drugs while pregnant.
Google Flu Trends will supplement crowdsourced approach with CDC data
By Jonah Comstock | 08:53 am | November 03, 2014
Without specifically acknowledging criticisms about its accuracy, Google announced Friday it would be making some changes to Google Flu Trends, the service that uses search data to track and predict flu outcomes in the United States and around the world.