CDC Mobile iPad Application
Health Information at Your Finger Tips - CDC 24/7
The CDC iPad application has been designed as a way for users to access health information at their fingertips. It features important health articles, disease of the week, popular journals, timely updates and access to social media to coincide with important health concerns and events throughout the year. It gives an increasingly mobile public 24/7 access to important and timely health information that people can use to protect their lives and loved ones.
What’s New in Version 1.3
- New content: Emerging Infectious Diseases (EID) Journal
- Added the ability to fresh content on-demand
- Improved the update process for the Disease of the Week Feature
- Made alerts about content update errors less intrusive
- Other miscellaneous enhancements and bug fixes
Download it free from the app store today.
Important Health Content: Health Articles, Vital Signs, Preventing Chronic Disease, and Emerging Infectious Disease (EID) Journals, MMWR, Disease of the Week, Public Health Blogs, Image Library, "Did You Know" facts, Social Media, and Newsroom feeds update automatically.
Features
Health Articles
Health articles are written by subject matter experts and health communicators. While most stories are topic or event driven, some capture the full scope of CDC's work on cross-cutting topics.
Disease of the Week
Each week there is a new "disease of the week" topic that includes: key facts, prevention tips, images, videos, and interactive quizzes to test your knowledge.
Vital Signs
Offers recent data and calls to action for important public health issues. Topics will include colorectal and breast cancer screening, obesity, alcohol and tobacco use, access to health care, HIV testing, seat belt use, cardiovascular disease and more…
Preventing Chronic Disease (PCD) Journal
Is a peer-reviewed electronic journal established to address the interface between applied public health research, practice, and policy.
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Reports (MMWR)
Often called “the voice of CDC,” the MMWR series is the agency’s primary vehicle for scientific publication of timely, reliable, authoritative, accurate, objective, and useful public health information and recommendations.
Emerging Infectious Diseases (EID) Journal
Is a peer reviewed, open access journal published monthly.
Listen to/view podcasts
Listen on your iPad for reliable health and safety information when and where you want it.
Newsroom
Press releases from CDC’s newsroom.
Image Library
A multitude of health images.
Public Health Matters Blog
In this blog, we share our public health passions about the evolution of public health and the continual strides that are being made to protect and save lives through education, awareness, research, and promoting healthy lifestyles.
Stay Connected
Follow CDC on Facebook, Twitter and You Tube. Access CDC's social media to receive important information on health concerns and events throughout the year.
