# StopTheSpread

> StopTheSpread (iPhone/iPad app by New York University.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/stopthespread/id1496274192 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [New York University](https://appshunter.io/developer/485666462)
- Category: Education, Games, Simulation
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 10.0 · 82 MB
- Languages: English
- Released: 2020-02-13
- Data updated: 2025-06-23
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/stopthespread/id1496274192/reviews.md

## What is StopTheSpread?

This mobile application aims to teach fundamental concepts of Epidemiology to the general public. 

It is designed to:
- draw a comparison between real scenarios and how scientists model them; 
- explain what are the best practices to prevent flu spreading according to the World Health Organization and the Center for Disease Control and Prevention; and 
- provide hyperlinks to help scientists in tracking the spread of flu 

The mobile application is developed at the Dynamical Systems Laboratory: http://faculty.poly.edu/~mporfiri/index.htm

Supported by the National Science Foundation: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1561134

Deployed by New York University:
https://www.nyu.edu/


## Version history (last 4 releases)

### 1.3.0 — 2020-09-25

Removed the link to the surveys

### 1.2.0 — 2020-03-31

Add link to survey questions and global flu tracking page

### 1.1.1 — 2020-02-19

Minor changes.

### 1.1.0 — 2020-02-13

No release notes.

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