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HealthMap-Outbreaks Near Me

HealthMap’s Outbreaks Near Me is a free iPhone app that tracks the H1N1 flu (swime flu) in real-time  – App Store Link.

HealthMap website:

With HealthMap’s Outbreaks Near Me application, you have all of HealthMap’s latest real-time disease outbreak information at your fingertips. Open the app and see all current outbreaks in your neighborhood, including news about H1N1 influenza (“swine flu”). Search and browse outbreak reports on the interactive map, and set up the app to alert you with a notice automatically whenever an outbreak is occurring in your area. If you spy an outbreak, be the first to report it using the app’s unique outbreak reporting feature. You will get credit as a disease detective and your find will be featured on the website.

New iPhone app ‘Outbreaks Near Me’ locates H1N1 (swine flu), infectious diseases – EurekAlert!

“We hope individuals will find the new app to be a useful source of outbreak information – locally, nationally, and globally,” says HealthMap co-founder John Brownstein, PhD, assistant professor in the Children’s Hospital Informatics Program (CHIP). “As people are equipped with more knowledge and awareness of infectious disease, the hope is that they will become more involved and proactive about public health.”

In the news:
Swine flu on your iPhone – LA Times Booster Shots.

Sick mobile app tracks H1N1, other outbreaks near you – Scientific American.