Media Coverage

Iowa Influenza Prediction Market

Researchers make market on avian flu
March 30, 2007, Chicago Tribune

Betting the Spread on Bird Flu
March 26, 2007, Business Week

Bird Flu Futures
March 9, 2007, Science Magazine

Iowa group bets on market to predict pandemics
Mar 7, 2007, CIDRAP News

UI Tool Predicts Pandemic Chance
March 2, 2007, Springfield News-Leader
The story was also carried by CNN, ABC, CBS, the BALTIMORE SUN, the DENVER POST, the SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER, the LIVINGSTON DAILY PRESS & ARGUS in Howell, MI, THE DAILY ADVANCE in Elizabeth City, NC, THE DAILY BREEZE in Torrance, CA, the OTTAWA CITIZEN, the TUCSON CITIZEN and other news organizations.

Futures Market to Predict Next Flu Pandemic
March 1, 2007, National Public Radio-All Things Considered

Bird flu futures market has health experts betting on spread
March 1, 2007, CNN

Health Experts Asked to Wager on Bird Flu Threat
March 1, 2007, Fox News

Academics to unveil avian flu 'futures market'
March 1, 2007, Financial Times

Experts bet $100 on odds of bird-flu outbreak
March 1, 2007, MSNBC
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Health Experts Weigh In On Spread Of Bird Flu
March 1, 2007, All Headline News

Early prediction tool for bird flu
March 1, 2007, EarthTimes.com

Bird flu market takes flight
March 1, 2007, Marketplace

New market-based system aims to predict bird flu
March 1, 2007, Reuters

New market-based system aims to predict bird flu
March 1, 2007, Scientific American

U of I launches method to track avian flu's spread
March 1, 2007 , The Des Moines Register

Press Releases

Influenza Prediction Market to Help Strengthen Early Warning System for U.S. Bird Flu Outbreak
March 1, 2007, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Iowa Health Prediction Market Opens Trading On Avian Flu Market
March 1, 2007, The University of Iowa

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