For others living in the DC area, this lecture looks well worth going to.
Thursday, Oct 22nd 630-8p.
Koshland Science Museum / costs $7:

From the Announcement:

The H1N1 virus is circling the globe as the newest pandemic. Before H1N1, people were concerned about SARS and avian influenza. Have you ever wondered how close these diseases are to your neighborhood right now or how health officials are tracking these diseases in remote areas of the globe? Join Amy Sonricker from HealthMap and Pamela Johnson, Co-Founder and Chief Health Officer at Voxiva, for a hands-on exploration of how computers, the internet, and phones are providing the new hi-tech and low cost tools of the future to track and prevent infectious disease outbreaks. Before you begin containing a global outbreak, you need to know where the outbreak is or could be occurring. Come meet a scientist and an entrepreneur who are using 21st century tools to predict and track emerging diseases around the world. Hear about the challenges they face and the impacts they have made or hope to make.