Crowdsourcing

Public Health Tip

Tips flag a public-source item we should review — a new advisory, a reclassification, a state update we have not picked up yet. Tips are not a clinical channel and not an emergency channel.

Key facts

Scope: Public-source review
Response: Not guaranteed
Emergencies: Call 911 / local DOH
Hours: Asynchronous
Contact: admin@hantascan.net

Appropriate tips

The most useful tips help us see something we missed.

Official advisories from CDC, WHO, or state health departments.
Reclassifications of an existing case (probable → confirmed, etc.).
New NNDSS table entries related to hantavirus disease.
Public coverage of a hantavirus event with primary-source attribution.
Corrections to dataset fields tied to a specific public source.

Inappropriate uses

Some channels are wrong for this surface.

Personal medical questions — talk to a clinician.
Emergencies — call 911 or your local public health authority.
Speculation without a citable source.
Identifying information about other people without their permission.

Privacy reminders

Do not include patient names, medical-record details, or personally identifying information about anyone other than yourself. HantaScan does not have the legal posture or technical posture to receive that data.

How tips are reviewed

Tips are reviewed editorially and queued against the broader roadmap. Useful tips become source links, new content, or classification changes. The tip that does not turn into a public update is still useful — it shapes how the editorial team weighs coverage gaps.

Not an emergency channel

If you may be experiencing hantavirus disease symptoms, do not wait on a tip review. Seek medical care and mention rodent exposure history out loud — that history is what unlocks the right testing.

Related on HantaScan

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Primary Sources

CDC Hantavirus CDC Prevention CDC Clinical Overview