<p>The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the folks who brought the world a controversial zombie apocalypse campaign, has launched a free iPad app that lets users play a game to stem a fictitious epidemic.</p><p>Users of the app, called "Solve the Outbreak" can pretend they're a public health detective by taking steps such as quarantining a village, asking for more lab results and interviewing sick people. Good problem-solving skills are rewarded by high points and badges.</p><p>"We look at this as an engaging opportunity to educate young people to how public health actually works, and hopefully to draw some future epidemiologists," CDC spokesman Alex Casanova told ABCNews.com.</p><p>The app was developed in-house and cost $110,000 to develop, minus salaries, and so far it's been downloaded about 2,000 times, he said. The goal is to get between 15,000 and 25,000 downloads in a year.</p><p><a href="http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/health/2013/02/20/cdc-turns-from-zombies-to-outbreak-ipad-app/">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://www.scpr.org/blogs/southla/2013/02/20/12618/star-your-own-outbreak-new-ipad-app-centers-diseas/">Star in your own &#039;Outbreak&#039; with new iPad app from the Centers for Disease ...</a> (89.3 KPCC (blog))</p><p><a href="http://atlanta.cbslocal.com/2013/02/20/cdc-ipad-app-allows-users-to-play-disease-detective/">CDC iPad App Allows Users To Play Disease Detective</a> (CBS Local)</p><p><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/19/solve-the-outbreak-cdc-ipad-app_n_2719711.html">Solve The Outbreak, CDC iPad App, Lets You Play Disease Detective At Home</a> (Huffington Post)</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=d-ki6v-nAFXi8zMFFIWY6vn2Kdx8M&ned=us">18 additional articles.</a></p>