Swine Flu? You Guessed It: We’ve Got an App for That

Your iPhone can protect you from swine flu. Well, maybe not physically, but Harvard Medical School created a Swine Flu iPhone app that helps to educate users about H1N1, TechCrunch reported.

The app features videos, animations and text describing the basics of the virus, how to reduce risk and how to prepare for it, as well as real-time updates and news from Harvard Med School, according to TechCrunch.

The Swine Flu app also boasts a “HealthMap” feature that tracks the state of the epidemic in users’ current locations and other locations, as well as an interactive symptom checker, TechCrunch reported.

The video below from Harvard Medical School describes the Swine Flu app:

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