The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) wants to develop a mobile app that helps it collect information and send out alerts about adverse reactions to experimental medications prescribed during public health crises. The agency realized the need for such an app during the 2009 H1N1 (swine flu) outbreak.
The need for the app became apparent while the FDA was handling 2009's H1N1 influenza...
Wireless continues wireline cannibalization: According to report from the CDC, preliminary results from the January-June 2009 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) indicate that the number of American homes that only use mobile phones (no landlines) continues to increase. Some 22.7 percent of U.S. homes only used mobile phones during the first six months of 2009. That marks an increase of 2.5...
Last week the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention began a pilot that leverages text messaging to send information about the H1N1 (swine flu) and other health topics. The pilot is a three month long study that will also include feedback surveys from users to help the CDC better use the platform moving forward.
Unfortunately, the pilot does not make use of free to end user text messages, so...
"We took all the necessary precautions. Like, we really did. It wasn't like I was licking the handlebars of the bus or anything," she said. "I was hand sanitizing. I was being very careful. I don't know how this happened."
Such were the sentiments of one frustrated college freshman after she contracted H1N1 during her first few days of being a student at the University of Kansas. As of this past...
Earlier this week we wrote about IntuApps' forthcoming Swine Flu Tracker application, which has gotten a huge amount of press as one way the iPhone is helping public health officials disseminate information about the H1N1 (Swine Flu) virus. Of course, IntuApps' application isn't available yet -- Apple is still reviewing it, the company said.
You may not realize it, but there are actually two...
The first Swine Flu (H1N1) application for iPhone -- released April 30. The app is called H1N1 Swine Flu Command Central and provides multiple sources for updates on the swine flu outbreak. The app includes a CDC Swine Flu news feed, CDC Travel Updates, World Health Organization Swine Flu headlines, HealthMap plotted outbreaks and news, syndicated news feeds following virus-related news as well...
