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    "title" : "New Outbreaks (but No Zombies) on CDC’s Solve the Outbreak |Digital.gov",
    "description": "New Outbreaks (but No Zombies) on CDC’s Solve the Outbreak",
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    {"title" :"New Outbreaks (but No Zombies) on CDC\u0026#8217;s Solve the Outbreak","summary" : "The Centers for Disease Control recently added three new outbreaks to their Solve the Outbreak app. CDC released the app earlier this year to teach users how CDC’s disease detectives save lives everyday.","date" : "2013-10-31T10:01:14-04:00","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"jparcell" : "Jacob Parcell"},"topics" : {
        
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      "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2013/10/2013-10-31-new-outbreaks-but-no-zombies-on-cdcs-solve-the-outbreak.md","slug" : "new-outbreaks-but-no-zombies-on-cdcs-solve-the-outbreak","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2013/10/31/new-outbreaks-but-no-zombies-on-cdcs-solve-the-outbreak/","content" :"\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ca href=\"http://www.cdc.gov\"\u003eCenters for Disease Control\u003c/a\u003e recently added three new outbreaks to their \u003ca href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/solve-the-outbreak/id592485067?mt=8\"\u003eSolve the Outbreak\u003c/a\u003e app. CDC released \u003ca href=\"/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2013/02/21/cdcs-solve-the-outbreak-app/\" title=\"CDC’s Solve the Outbreak App\"\u003ethe app earlier this year\u003c/a\u003e to teach users how CDC’s disease detectives save lives everyday. There are now nine outbreaks that players can solve to earn points.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"image\"\u003e\n  \u003cimg\n    src=\"https://s3.amazonaws.com/digitalgov/_legacy-img/2013/10/600-x-450-Solve-the-Outbreak-Sugar-Plantation-Blues.jpg\"\n    alt=\"Screen shot of the first clue for the game Sugar Plantation Blues showing a photo of a swamp.\"/\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eSince it’s Halloween, I’ll note that a zombie epidemic is not one of the outbreaks. Most Digital Gov experts might expect some zombies since CDC has a habit of using the living dead as an aid for \u003ca href=\"http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/19/5/ad-1905_article.htm\"\u003eteaching us about public health awareness.\u003c/a\u003e This is the agency that brought us the \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.cdc.gov/publichealthmatters/category/zombies/zombie-nation/\"\u003eZombie Nation campaign\u003c/a\u003e, pulled \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.cdc.gov/publichealthmatters/2012/02/thewalkingdead/\"\u003ezombie survival lessons from The Walking Dead\u003c/a\u003e and even published the graphic novel “\u003ca href=\"http://www.cdc.gov/phpr/zombies_novella.htm\"\u003eZombie Outbreak\u003c/a\u003e.”\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe app itself is no zombie. Solve the Outbreak recently earned 4.5 out of 5 points from a NextGov industry panel, which is the highest score of any app in NextGov’s \u003ca href=\"http://www.nextgov.com/media/webgraphics-apps/apps.html\"\u003eGrading Government Apps\u003c/a\u003e series. The only con from the experts is the app’s lack of an Android version.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDevelopers of CDC’s Solve the Outbreak were featured speakers on our \u003ca href=\"/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2013/02/11/youll-have-them-at-swipe-making-an-awesome-mobile-user-experience-webinar/\" title=\"You’ll Have Them at Swipe: Making An Awesome Mobile User Experience Webinar\"\u003eYou’ll Have Them at Swipe: Make an Awesome Mobile User Experience\u003c/a\u003e webinar and the team provided input on our recent \u003ca href=\"/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/resources/mobile-user-experience-guidelines/\" title=\"Mobile User Experience Guidelines and Recommendations\"\u003eMobile User Experience Guidelines and Recommendations\u003c/a\u003e.\u003cem\u003eYou can find other apps like \u003ca href=\"http://apps.usa.gov/solvetheoutbreak-app.shtml\"\u003eCDC’s Solve the Outbreak\u003c/a\u003e on the \u003ca href=\"http://apps.usa.gov/\"\u003eUSA.gov Apps Gallery\u003c/a\u003e. Happy Halloween!\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n"}
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