What's going around near me?
Enter your ZIP code to see the illnesses parents logged at schools, daycares, and camps in your area over the last 14 days: strep throat, hand, foot and mouth, RSV, flu, stomach bugs, pink eye, and more.
How Ickly tracks what's going around your area
Public health dashboards report at the state or county level, weeks after the fact. That doesn't help when you're deciding whether the sore throat your kid woke up with is worth a strep test today. Ickly works the other way around: parents log what their kids actually have, tag the school or daycare, and everyone in that ZIP code sees the pattern within hours. It's the neighborhood group chat, structured and anonymized.
Follow your child's school to get an alert when reports cluster there, and check the live illness map or the symptom comparison guides when you're trying to tell two bugs apart.
Common questions
- What's going around near me right now?
- Enter your ZIP code and Ickly shows the illnesses parents in your area logged in the last 14 days: things like strep throat, hand, foot and mouth, RSV, flu, stomach bugs, and pink eye, along with the schools and daycares where they were reported.
- How does Ickly know what sickness is going around my area?
- Parents log symptoms and confirmed diagnoses for their own kids and tag the school, daycare, or camp their child attends. Ickly aggregates those logs by ZIP code and school, anonymizes them, and shows the patterns. No names, no medical records, just what's circulating.
- Is the local illness data free?
- Yes. Browsing what's going around in your ZIP code is free. Creating a free account lets you follow your child's school and get an alert when something starts spreading there.
- How current is the data?
- The snapshot covers the last 14 days and updates as soon as a parent logs a new report, so it reflects this week, not last season's averages.
- What if there are no reports in my ZIP code yet?
- That usually means Ickly is still growing in your neighborhood. You can be the first to log a report or follow your child's school, and you'll see nearby ZIP codes and statewide illness trends in the meantime.