**NOTE** If there's a particular data set from http://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/fluviewinteractive.htm that you want and that isn't in the package, please file it as an issue and be as specific as you can (screen shot if possible).
**NOTE** If there's a particular data set from https://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/fluviewinteractive.htm that you want and that isn't in the package, please file it as an issue and be as specific as you can (screen shot if possible).
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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) maintains a [portal](http://gis.cdc.gov/grasp/fluview/fluportaldashboard.html) for accessing state, regional and national influenza statistics. The portal's Flash interface makes it difficult and time-consuming to select and retrieve influenza data. This package provides functions to access the data provided by the portal's underlying API.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) maintains a [portal](https://gis.cdc.gov/grasp/fluview/fluportaldashboard.html) for accessing state, regional and national influenza statistics. The portal's Flash interface makes it difficult and time-consuming to select and retrieve influenza data. This package provides functions to access the data provided by the portal's underlying API.
The following functions are implemented:
- `get_flu_data`: Retrieves state, regional or national influenza statistics from the CDC
- `get_state_data`: Retrieves state/territory-level influenza statistics from the CDC
- `get_weekly_flu_report`: Retrieves (high-level) weekly influenza surveillance report from the CDC
- `get_mortality_surveillance_data` : (fairly self explanatory but also pretty new to the pkg and uses data from: http://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/nchs.htm
- `get_mortality_surveillance_data` : (fairly self explanatory but also pretty new to the pkg and uses data from: https://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/nchs.htm
**NOTE** If there's a particular data set from <http://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/fluviewinteractive.htm> that you want and that isn't in the package, please file it as an issue and be as specific as you can (screen shot if possible).
**NOTE** If there's a particular data set from <https://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/fluviewinteractive.htm> that you want and that isn't in the package, please file it as an issue and be as specific as you can (screen shot if possible).
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) maintains a [portal](http://gis.cdc.gov/grasp/fluview/fluportaldashboard.html) for accessing state, regional and national influenza statistics. The portal's Flash interface makes it difficult and time-consuming to select and retrieve influenza data. This package provides functions to access the data provided by the portal's underlying API.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) maintains a [portal](https://gis.cdc.gov/grasp/fluview/fluportaldashboard.html) for accessing state, regional and national influenza statistics. The portal's Flash interface makes it difficult and time-consuming to select and retrieve influenza data. This package provides functions to access the data provided by the portal's underlying API.
The following functions are implemented:
- `get_flu_data`: Retrieves state, regional or national influenza statistics from the CDC
- `get_state_data`: Retrieves state/territory-level influenza statistics from the CDC
- `get_weekly_flu_report`: Retrieves (high-level) weekly influenza surveillance report from the CDC
- `get_mortality_surveillance_data` : (fairly self explanatory but also pretty new to the pkg and uses data from: <http://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/nchs.htm>
- `get_mortality_surveillance_data` : (fairly self explanatory but also pretty new to the pkg and uses data from: <https://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/nchs.htm>