USNEWS.com is reporting that 12 people living in Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. A report from the Centers for Disease Control say “an influenza A (H1N1) virus that is known to circulate in U.S. swine but not humans has been detected in an adult in the state of Wisconsin. The patient reported...
WHO Disease Outbreak News
- Avian influenza – situation in Indonesia – update May 2, 2012
- Avian influenza – situation in Egypt – update April 12, 2012
- Avian influenza – situation in Cambodia – update April 5, 2012
- Lassa fever in Nigeria April 4, 2012
- Avian influenza – situation in Egypt – update April 2, 2012
FDA – Recalls/Safety Alerts
- May 21 Webinar: Steps to Addressing Health Disparities May 18, 2012
- FDA's MedWatch Safety Alerts: April 2012 May 15, 2012
- FDA Unit Mobilizes for Emergency Response May 3, 2012
- Consumer Update Analytics April 30, 2012
- It's a Small World, After All April 23, 2012
- FDA Continues Dialogue on 'Nano' Regulation April 20, 2012
- Fentanyl Patch Can Be Deadly to Children April 19, 2012
- MedWatch Safety Alerts: March 2012 April 19, 2012
- FDA's MedWatch Safety Alerts: February 2012 April 4, 2012
- FDA's China Offices Focus on Product Safety April 4, 2012
H1N1 Swine Flu
NEW: Questions and Answers: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) 2009 H1N1 Flu Modules for Influenza-like Illness (ILI) and Vaccination (source: CDC)
This page provides a summary of the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) and how it helps track influenza activity. (source: CDC) - RSS widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com
Drug-Resistant Swine Flu Emerges
Five patients diagnosed with Tamiflu-resistant swine flu at a Welsh hospital could be the world’s first cases of person-to-person transmission of the strain. A British Department of Health spokeswoman said: “Examples of Tamiflu resistance are very rare, but when this does occur it has often been among these especially vulnerable patients. In other words,...
H1N1 has killed 3,900 Americans, CDC says (source: Reuters)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - H1N1 swine flu killed an estimated 3,900 Americans from April to October, including more than 500 children, U.S. health officials said on Thursday. (source: Reuters) - News widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com
Hand sanitizer in short supply as swine flu hits
Demand for hand sanitizer has gone through the roof since the first cases of swine flu broke out earlier this year, and some makers of the germ-fighting gels are scrambling to keep up. read more
H1N1 danger to healthy kids
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How good are those N95 masks anyway?
Imagine you’re a critical care specialist, and you’ve just been paged to the hospital room of a 28-year-old patient with swine flu symptoms and shortness of breath. Donning a gown and gloves is second nature. But should you cover your nose and mouth? If so, what should you use? The best answer that public...
Swine flu activity jumps
San Francisco Chronicle The CDC characterized this as “very unusual” for September. In Marin, emergency room visits for the week of Sept. 13 at some area hospitals, jumped over 3% … full story
CDC Make Recommendations for Novel H1N1 (Swine Flu) Vaccine
Vaccination efforts are designed to help reduce the impact and spread of novel H1N1. The key populations include those who are at higher risk of disease or complications, those who are likely to come in contact with novel H1N1, and those who could infect young infants. When vaccine is first available, the committee recommended...
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