Travel tool
Travel Health Check
Before you fly, drive, or book a stay, check what is going around at your destination. This tool is built for the questions travelers actually ask first: what is happening overall, how bad is flu, whether COVID is still active, and should I care about measles right now?
Checking home against your destination, or planning a trip with several stops?
Compare up to four places together →Step 1
Check the destination snapshot
Start with the broad city or state overview when you want the fastest multi-disease answer.
Step 2
Open flu, COVID, or measles if needed
Flu, COVID-19, and measles are common destination questions, and each can lead to a clearer local or statewide answer.
Step 3
Forward the page to your group
Every destination page is built to be easy to share with family, friends, schools, or coworkers.
This week
One link to send before a trip
What's Going Around This Week? U.S. Health Briefing
Flu-like illness: moderate; COVID-19 hospital admissions: moderate; RSV hospital admissions: low. See the source weeks and find your state or city report.
Flu-like illness
2.1% · moderate
COVID-19
1.1 per 100K · moderate
RSV
0.2 per 100K · low
Best connected pages
Travel works best when it links into these hubs
Trips usually start with a destination, but the next useful click is often a broader question, a weekly update, or the statewide overview.
Routing answer
What should I check before traveling?
A quick travel-specific answer page that points people to the right destination snapshot or topic check.
Routing answer
What is going around near me?
The sharpest first click for a fuzzy local search because it turns “near me” intent into a real state or city page.
Direct answers
Popular Questions
Open the question bank when you want a sendable answer before opening a dashboard or local page.
This week
Weekly State Updates
Use the weekly change-log hub when the real question is what changed this week, not just the standing baseline.
State hub
All state overviews
Start here when you want one statewide answer across flu, RSV, COVID-19, measles, and MMR context.
City hub
All city pages
Best for local orientation when someone asks what is going around near a real place, not just a whole state.
Useful pages to send
Destination and outbreak pages to check before you go
When a trip has a real destination or a real outbreak concern, these shortcuts get you to the current local answer faster.
City snapshot
Current answerHouston, Texas health snapshot
Start with Houston for the local read across flu, RSV, COVID-19, measles, water checks, and Texas statewide context.
Local overview
Open →City snapshot
Current answerSan Antonio, Texas health snapshot
Start with San Antonio for the Texas illness snapshot people are opening now, then use the city page to choose flu, COVID-19, measles, or water checks.
Local overview
Open →City snapshot
Current answerSan Diego, California health snapshot
Use San Diego for the current California-area illness read, then open the topic or travel follow-up that matches the question.
Local overview
Open →City snapshot
Current answerPhoenix, Arizona health snapshot
Open Phoenix for the Arizona illness snapshot people are searching now, with fast links into the statewide and topic context.
Local overview
Open →State snapshot
Current answerWhat's going around in Oregon
Open Oregon for the statewide read across measles, MMR coverage, RSV, COVID-19, and the CDC FluView reporting gap.
State overview + source scope
Open →State snapshot
Current answerWhat's going around in Utah
Use Utah for the fast statewide snapshot when measles, MMR coverage, RSV, COVID-19, or flu source gaps are the concern.
Measles + MMR context
Open →Most Common Destination Checks
New York
New York
Los Angeles
California
Chicago
Illinois
Houston
Texas
Phoenix
Arizona
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
What Travelers Usually Need
A fast answer, not a dashboard
Start with a destination page that says what is happening in plain English instead of making you parse a full charting interface.
The two questions that matter most
For most trips, flu and measles are more actionable destination checks than broad background health context.
Something easy to send to others
Every destination page should be useful enough that one person can forward it to the rest of the group without extra explanation.
FAQ
Travel health FAQ
What should I check before traveling in the US right now?
Start with the destination state or city page, then check flu and measles specifically. Those are the fastest high-signal public-health questions this travel checker is built around.
Can I check a destination city, not just a state?
Yes. The travel checker routes into city pages as well as city-specific flu and measles answer pages for 499 major U.S. cities.
Is this medical advice?
No. It is a public-health orientation tool built from surveillance data. It is meant to help you decide what to check next, not replace clinical advice.