Smartphones track the spread of flu

Martin Courtney
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Scientists are using GPS to monitor the spread of disease

As the UK's intensive care departments struggle to deal with the number of people admitted with the flu, scientists are testing how global positioning systems (GPS) in mobile phones can be used to ...

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