Find a flu shot near you with Google Maps

Not content to merely offer free airport Wi-Fi to holiday travelers, Google has developed a new tool (using Google Maps) to help the public find flu shot providers near them. Although the project has just launched and more information is being added every day as it comes in, Google is getting help from partners like the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, pharmacy chains, and state and local agencies. The online tool will help you locate H1N1 vaccine as well as protection against regular old seasonal influenza.

--Richard Metzger