CDC goes viral
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now has a site at the social-networking site MySpace. It's using the site primarily to try to spread the word about the need for tens of millions more Americans to get a flu shot this fall than have done so in previous years. (For the first time, the agency is recommending that all school-age children between 5 and 18, except for those with severe egg allergies, get the shot. Eggs are used to cultivate the vaccine.)
The site includes not only information but also buttons you can put on your own Web site or blog, touting the flu shot. The CDC hopes bloggers will help get the word out.
The CDC site is here.
