u/Kooky_Bed817

Hi r/InternalMedicine — built a free outbreak tracker and looking for feedback from clinicians.

OutRadIX (outradix.com) pulls active outbreaks from official surveillance feeds (WHO DON, CDC, ECDC, PAHO) into a single interactive map. Each outbreak links to its source notification.

For internists this might be useful for:

- **Travel medicine consults** — quickly check what's active in a patient's destination (Brazil dengue, DRC Ebola, etc.)

- **Returning traveler with fever** — see what's circulating where they came from

- **Patient questions** — point them to credible sources rather than news headlines

Each disease page includes transmission, incubation, symptoms, prevention, treatment, CFR, and a link to WHO fact sheet.

Not trying to replace clinical judgment or UpToDate — just trying to make official surveillance data easier to navigate.

Few questions for the community:

1. What would make this more clinically useful? Different disease info layout? Travel risk by country?

2. Would a "send to patient" version of a disease page (simplified, plain language) be useful?

3. Anyone using HealthMap, ProMED directly, or other surveillance tools in practice? How do you currently stay aware of regional outbreaks?

Site is free, no paywall on data. Built by an independent developer.

Hi r/publichealth — sharing a project I've been working on and would value feedback from the field.

OutRadIX (outradix.com) aggregates active outbreak data from:

- WHO Disease Outbreak Notices

- US CDC Health Advisories

- ECDC Communicable Disease Threats

- PAHO regional surveillance

- ProMED-mail

Each outbreak entry links directly to its source notification. Currently tracking 23 active outbreaks across 8 disease groups.

What I'm trying to figure out:

1. **For PH professionals** — what existing tools do you use for situational awareness? HealthMap? ProMED directly? Something internal?

2. **Communication challenge** — case counts and CFR are easy to misinterpret. I'm adding "How to read outbreak data" content to help lay readers. Suggestions on what's commonly misunderstood?

3. **AI summaries** — each outbreak gets a 2-sentence GPT-3.5 risk summary constrained to source data. I'm cautious about hallucination. Any thoughts on guardrails for LLMs in health comms?

Free site, no paywall on data, attribution on every outbreak. Not trying to compete with WHO/CDC — just trying to make their data easier to navigate for non-specialists.

Happy to discuss methodology or take suggestions.

Been following the MV Hondius situation closely. Here's what we know:

- 24 confirmed cases across multiple nationalities

- 4 deaths reported

- Andes strain — limited human-to-human transmission

- Incubation up to 8 weeks, more cases may still emerge

- Cases confirmed in Canada, Argentina, Netherlands

I've been tracking this at outradix dot com alongside H5N1, Ebola and Mpox. Free tool using WHO/CDC data.

What's the latest you're hearing about the ship situation?