Swine Flu Tracker: There’s an iPhone Application for Everything Now

Posted on April 30, 2009 in Health & Medicine, Technology

If you are avidly checking the news to find out about swine flu cases in your town, a new iPhone application may be just what you need. IntuApps, the makers of iPhone apps like Coffee Finder and Target Finder, await approval for a new app that will notify users about new cases of swine flu and alert them about swine flu outbreaks nearby.

The application has a number of tabbed pages. The first shows the swine flu threat level, currently a five, and other basic information from the World Health Organization. The second page is a nation-wide map with pins identifying new cases of swine flu as they are confirmed. An arrow can identify the user’s location in relation to the swine flu pins, so you know when to put on your stylish surgical mask. The last two pages list out swine flu symptoms, and keep you updated with Twitter alerts from the Center for Disease Control.

While this application may be the hypochondriac’s dream, you will have to wait while it passes through Apple’s approval process. Meanwhile it is probably best not to leave your oxygen tent.