Want to know what diseases are bugging your hometown or favorite vacation spot before you get there?

Now you can do so not only in the internet with the user friendly HealthMap website but also with the recently released Outbreaks Near Me iPhone App.

The iPhone app is hooked into the HealthMap site and every time you search of information, the HealthMap database is searched and the info is downloaded to your phone in map form.

While the H1N1 flu takes center stage, in all, there are nearly 100 diseases listed on the database and all you need to do is select the disease you are interested in finding out about.

It’s as easy as the push of a button, either via computer or via iPhone.

The Outbreaks Near Me App will also send out alerts whenever new outbreaks occur in the user’s area, and if you are travelling, will send alerts informing you that you have just entered an area where disease activity has been reported.

Plus you can also send in reports, including photographs, to HealthMap, who will review and then include them on it’s world map as appropriate

Check it out. It’s free.

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Interested in finding out where the latest salmonella or Avian Flu outbreak is?

Well, now you can thanks to Healthmap.

Healthmap gathers text from the World Health Organization, Google News, and many other resources and filters it down and puts it onto a map for everyone to see. Never has disease tracking been so accessible. Healthmap displays the outbreaks on a world map, color coding the severity of the outbreak based on current and up-to-date news reporting.

And it’s so easy to use. The zoom and scrolling features let you pinpoint the latest outbreaks of over 50 diseases (human and animal). Pick a disease or a location listed on at the left of the screen and then click on the map to read the original article or report.

Check it out…

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