Google flu trends
http://www.google.org/flutrends

Influenza or flu is infection of RNA virus. Common flu symptoms are chills and fever, sore throat, Muscle aches, severe headache, coughing, weakness and also nausea, vomiting.
The flu viruses are transmitted through air, saliva, blood and cough. Flu viruses are more infectious in between change of season.

Every year In united state
More than 200,000 people are hospitalized from flu complications.
20,000 of those hospitalized are children younger than 5 years old.
36,000 people die from flu.

flu takes 500,000 lives worldwide. Google the search engine giant will keep records of flu search query and help in research and prevention.
Every search engine keeps track of search query and trends of particular queries. Google show their every day top queries in "google hot trends". Google found that queries about flu are similar with data provided by U.S Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). They found close relation with queries and flu symptoms.

Google have fastest way of getting research on such symptoms and what people searching about flu. They have created flu trend chart on http://www.google.org/flutrends.
Flu activity trends can be seen according to state or whole USA.
Prevention and information will help to minimize flu risk.
There are also vaccines available for flu. Trivalent is most commonly used vaccine effective for one year.
Flu treatment includes antiviral and neuraminidase inhibitors.

Preventions
-Flu vaccine can protect you from main 3 flu.
-Flu vaccine is very important for young children, pregnant woman,
Patient with asthma, diabetics, heart disease and above age of 65.
-Cover your mouth with tissue when you cough or sneeze.
-Drink Plenty of Fluids.
-wash your hands with soap/hand wash before eating.
-Avoid touch to eye, nose and mouth, it can spread from there.
-Avoid contact to infected people.
-If you get flu, take rest at home, avoid work/school.
-Take antiviral and other drugs suggested by Doctor.