Methods and systems for tracking common infectious illnesses and disseminating information are disclosed. A computer-based method of tracking a common infectious illness and disseminating information regarding the common infectious illness to a plurality of users via one or more of a mobile device and a user computing device includes receiving data from one or more electronic sources； determining the common infectious illness from the data； determining one or more of a location and a frequency of the common infectious illness from the data； and plotting information relating to the common infectious illness on a map. The information includes a current severity of the common infectious illness in a particular area and predicted trend of the severity of the common infectious illness The method further includes providing, by the processing device, the map to the plurality of users.
