The app allows users to monitor their flu conditions or symptoms and share the data securely with GSK, MIT researchers and other designated Flumoji app users. The app also tracks the user’s mood to identify changes in activity levels, social levels and general routine. It offers access to localized cold and flu activity information. Additionally, users can update designated friends and family on Facebook who have downloaded the app.
The app is free, but set to expire in April 2017, the end of the flu season.
For the one week ending Feb. 11, 2017, the total number of lab-confirmed flu-associated hospitalizations grew from 6,804 to 8,222, marking a 1,418-person increase. The total number of pediatric flu deaths rose to 29 for the season so far, according to the CDC’s latest FluView update.
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