The Flu Stop is a web application at www.theflustop.net. The Flu Stop is the ultimatedestination for easily accessed, at-a-glance flu information. The Flu Stopbrings together several high-value data sets to form an immersive and engagingexperience.   Features   Feature Set 1 – Get TheFacts   Read CDC Flu Information   Using the CDC Syndicated Content API, CDC informationalinformation is pulled into the application and displayed to the user. If theCDC updates or changes these pages, the information in the application willalso change.   Watch Prevention Videos   Using portions of VIMEO’s API, flu-prevention related videosare pulled into the application for the user’s viewing pleasure. Most of thevideos are high definition quality.   Listen to Flu Info Podcasts   The CDC podcast feed has been parsed and the audio filesdelivered to the user for for lightning fast listening via a javscript player.   Feature Set 2 – Stay Prepared   Create Family Emergency Health Information Sheet   I have adapted the Family Emergency Health Information Sheetlocated at Flu.Gov and made it easier than ever for users to create thisinformation. Simply fill in the fields for up to 7 family members and click “createdocument”.   Using the latest technology, the application dynamicallycreates the health sheet in Microsoft Word.   Breaking Pandemic News   The application dynamically pulls in the latest pandemicbreaking news from around the world, along with links to the relevant stories.The breaking news is gathered using the Microsoft Bing API. Prevention Q & A   Prevention Q & A dynamically pulls question and answersessions from Yahoo Answers, one of the most trafficked question and answersites on the internet. This is a nice feature to see what type of questionseveryday people are asking.   Feature Set 3 – Get Vaccinated   This feature set allows the user to search 1. Federallyfunded health centers by county or 2. Other vaccination locations by streetaddress, city and state, city, etc. The Federally Funded locations are courtesyof Department of Health and Human Services data. The “Other Vaccine Locations”are accessed via Yahoo Local search information.   Hope everyone finds it useful and a pleasure to use.

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