Flu Near You was an American health data analytics platform based in Boston, Massachusetts. It received self-reported influenza symptom data and displays it publicly on a map.
It has since been relaunched as Outbreaks Near Me.[1]
History
John Brownstein launched HealthMap in 2006.[2]
In 2011, the film Contagion was released, centered around a fictitious pandemic. This led Brownstein and his team to "think more about the need to aggregate public health information on a scale that wouldn’t be possible by government-run testing."[2:1]
Flu Near You was created in 2012 by Ending Pandemics, Boston Children's Hospital, the American Public Health Association (APHA) and the Skoll Global Threats Fund,[1:1] and "launched as part of" Contagion's post-release campaign.[2:2]
COVID-19
In December 2020, Flu Near You was integrated into COVID Near You and relaunched as Outbreaks Near Me.[1:2]
External links
Who We Are. Outbreaks Near Me. Retrieved August 6, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230806165007/https://outbreaksnearme.org/ca/en-CA/who-we-are ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎
Jones, A. M. (2020, April 12). Has someone in your area been tested for COVID-19? A new website lets you know. CTV News. http://archive.today/2023.08.06-164036/https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coronavirus/has-someone-in-your-area-been-tested-for-covid-19-a-new-website-lets-you-know-1.4892890 ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎
