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Earlier this week I profiled the European internet based flu survey system in Europe: Online Flu Monitoring Survey.
This morning I signed up to be part of a similar project here in the United States which is being run by Healthmap of Children’s Hospital Boston in partnership with the American Public Health Association and the Skoll Global Threats Fund.
The project is called FLU NEAR YOU.
Signing up takes just a minute, is free, and is open to all Americans over the age of 13. After you receive a confirmatory email, you are then then asked to complete a very simple weekly questionnaire (see below).
Your responses, along with all of the others gathered each week, are then mapped and graphed.
The information gathered will be made available to public health officials, researchers, disaster planning organizations and the general public.
Participation takes just a minute or so a week, and the more people who take part the better this system will work. The website lists these features.
What can you do on Flu Near You?
The public can:
- Complete quick surveys to advance our collective understanding of the flu
- See flu activity in your area at the regional or state level
- Explore flu trends around the world with Google Flu trends
- Use the Flu Vaccine Finder to find nearby locations offering flu shots or nasal spray flu vaccine
- Connect to local public health links
- Receive customized email disease alerts at your location
- Learn more about flu news, information, and resources at flu.gov
- Explore the RSS feed on updates on nearby flu outbreaks and related flu news
- Browse the Disease Daily to discover summaries of important outbreaks and expanded coverage through the Outbreaks 101 news section
So I would encourage my readers to check out the site, and consider volunteering to take part in this surveillance project.
Related Post:
- HPA: Flu Activity In The UK
- FluView, FluWatch, And WHO Flu Surveillance Reports
- Global Flu Surveillance Updates
- ECDC: Influenza Virus Characterization – Sept 2012
- H3N2v Update: CDC Reports 52 New Cases, Limited H2H Transmission
- H3N2v: When Pigs Flu
- The 2012 Flu Season Down Under
- WER: Reviewing The 2011-2012 Northern Hemisphere Flu Season
- How The ECDC Will Spend Your Summer Vacation
- Hong Kong: Flu Activity Continues To Rise
- CDC: The Close Of A Mild Season
- Hong Kong Swine Flu Virus Surveillance
- WHO: 2012 World Health Statistics Report
- USGS: New Real-Time Earthquake Map
- Global H5N1 Blind Spots
- Nature: Views & Opinions On Tracking H5N1
- WHO-ECDC: Joint Report On Tuberculosis In Europe
- CDC: FluView Week 10
- Hong Kong Swine Influenza Surveillance
- A Flu Flew Review
- EuroFlu: H3N2 Dominates But Overall Activity Is Low
- Indonesia To Increase Surveillance For H5N1: MOH
- WHO Comment: Testing For Novel Flu Viruses
- CIDRAP: New Details In The trH3N2 Story
- Hong Kong: Swine Influenza Surveillance
- Canada: FluWatch Week 52
- CDC Statement On This Year’s Flu Activity
- FluView Week 49
- Early Flu Cases Begin To Emerge
- Global Flu Surveillance Updates
- ISDH Statement On H3N2v
- The 2012 Flu Season Down Under
- Hong Kong’s Extended Flu Season
- WER: Reviewing The 2011-2012 Northern Hemisphere Flu Season
- Northern Hemisphere Flu Activity Declines
- CDC: FluView Week 14
- CDC: FluView Week 10
- CDC Telebriefing On Influenza
- CDC: On The Slow Start To The Flu Season
- CDC FluView & ECDC WISO: Flu Activity Remains Low
- Week 41 Flu Activity & Flu Shot Finder
- The Flu Season Down Under
- Australia: Flu Season Nearing Peak - ISG
- WHO: Influenza Update Week 24
- The WHO’s Flu Review
- Portrait Of A Flu Season In Decline
- North America Flu Surveillance Week 8
- North American Flu Surveillance: Week 7
- ECDC: European Flu Surveillance Week 6
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