English composition about influenza

With the peak of the flu season in the United States, a researcher is working to let the public track the epidemic. Using new technology, he may be able to provide useful information to public health officials faster than usual. He is applying new tools to study disease outbreaks around the world.

As the United States enters the peak of influenza, a researcher is tracking the spread of influenza with a new technology, which can not only provide useful information to public health officials more quickly, but also be used to study disease outbreaks around the world.

John brown Stein, an epidemiologist at Boston Children's Hospital, is determining the location of the flu outbreak. "All pins represent people who report to the system," he said.

John from Boston Children's Hospital. Blancstein: "Each pushpin represents a person registered in the system."

The sea of needles on his virtual map of the United States represents the national volunteer network of his website "The flu is around you". "Our idea is to let people who have a small amount of time each week tell us how they feel," he said.

John, an infectious disease doctor at Boston Children's Hospital? Blankstein paid attention to the outbreak of influenza with thumbtacks. Thumbnail Sea on the virtual map of the United States represents the national volunteer network working for his website. His website is called "the flu around you". John? Blankstein said: "The idea is to let people spend a small amount of time every week telling us how they feel."

A short weekly email survey asks everyone about their health. In just a few months, the flu around you has recruited 40 thousand volunteers, and it is still growing.

In the weekly e-mail, the investigators asked people to answer their health status. In just a few months, the website "Influenza Around You" has developed 40,000 volunteers, and the number continues to increase.

"So we say, let the public come back to public health," Blancstein said.

John? Blankstein said: "We said, let the public return to the field of public health."

According to the data of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), more and more influenza cases were found in hospitals and doctors' offices in late February. But Blancstein said he was ahead of others in information.

According to the report of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the number of influenza patients in hospitals and clinics increased in late February, but Blankstein said that his information was updated.

"The flu around you shows that we have peaked and are declining. In fact, the latest figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention actually agree that this situation has declined.

John? Blankstein said: "The website" Influenza Around You "shows that the peak of influenza has passed and is gradually declining. In fact, the latest data to be released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also shows that influenza cases are decreasing. "

Blancstein plans to push the system to the whole world and extend it to other diseases.

Blancstein intends to extend this system to the whole world and use it in the study of other diseases.

He currently runs another website, HealthMap, which has been tracking the epidemic worldwide for seven years.

Another website he currently manages is called "Health Map", which has been tracking the epidemic around the world for seven years.

He said that as a graduate student, he was tired of begging the Minister of Health for information. "So we came up with this idea, well, what if we tap the internet through news, social media, blogs, chat rooms and forums to find clues about the epidemic," he said.

He said that when he was a graduate student, he was tired of begging information from health managers. John? Blankstein said, "So we came up with this idea. Why don't we look for clues about disease outbreaks on the Internet, such as news networks, social media, blogs, chat rooms and forums? "

In the deadly 20 10 cholera epidemic in Haiti, the automatic network search of HealthMap provided early information on the disease trajectory.

When cholera broke out in Haiti on 20 10, the automatic search function of "Health Map" website provided early information of the epidemic situation.

Today, he is paying attention to the Ebola epidemic in Uganda. "We think there is an opportunity to really track emerging infectious diseases with these tools," he said.

Today, Blankstein is tracking the Ebola outbreak in Uganda. John? Blankstein said: "We believe that with these tools, we can have the opportunity to track emerging infectious diseases."

A tool to pinpoint the location of the disease.

These tools can locate the disease.