Sites to track sick animals key early warning for humans

HealthMap.org?s new mobile phone application “Outbreaks Near Me,” which accepts and relays wildlife health reports to the WHER site. Scientists at the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the U.S. Geological Survey National Wildlife Health Center in Madison created the WHER site. Users create accounts online to register sightings of sick or dead wildlife. Everyone can visit the site and view the reports.