When someone’s sneezing in your neighborhood, who ya gonna call?
Fluwatch.com
It’s your comprehensive online guide to the flu outbreaks, policing the nation through e-mail reports of influenza cases and the efforts of the National Flu Surveillance Network.
Rating states on a flu-scale ranging from “no activity” to “watch” to “epidemic,” fluwatch.com lets you find information on flu prevalence as local as the town level. From the first time a flu case is reported in an area, fluwatch is on the scene.
Fluwatch also provides helpful flu-prevention tidbits such as “Be sure to get your flu shot early if you are not allergic to eggs.”
Want to find out the most current information about the flu? Fluwatch is your source. Calling influenza “the neglected winter killer of tens of thousands,” fluwatch provides prevention tips as well as current headlines regarding breakthrough flu research and cases.
Not convinced you need a flu shot? Maybe the 28K of streaming videos on why vaccines are essential will sway you. Log on.
Or maybe you’re already flu-savvy? If that’s the case, you may be in the running for a cash prize. Fluwatch.com awards up to $5,000 for individuals or medical practices that frequently report flu cases.
Perhaps you yourself are a flu-sufferer. Do you feel it’s your civic duty to let your neighbors know that they are at risk. Turn yourself in to fluwatch. With just the click of a mouse you can report cases of the flu in your neighborhood, which are then added to the list of flu cases in your zip code.
Feeling under the weather? Thinking about seeing a doctor? Well, if you want a fluwatch-certified doctor, log on to the site, where you can search from a pool of thousands of doctors who, according to the site, will provide “the best care possible. If your physician isn’t a member of the National flu Surveillance Network, they SHOULD BE.”
The National Flu Surveillance Network is a 3-year-old influenza disease tracking service, which includes more than 6,000 physicians nationwide.
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