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Washington - Google has launched a brand new service that will allow us to track the flu.

Google announced a free service this week that is going to show the number of flu cases across the U.S.

The service is known as Flu Trends and will use computers to figure out how many people are searching for the flu and such.

It will then show the results on a map of the U.S. and chart changes in flu activity.

This will help link the Internet searches to the flu and flu symptoms people may be reporting.

Google worked along with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on the project.

The CDC believes it will play a huge role in the development of tracking flu trends.