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A formerly tropical fungus is behind at least 15 deaths in the U.S. Pacific Northwest over six years, health officials say. The fungus, called Cryptococcus gattii, is considered rare. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention described cases of infection in the U.S. since 2004 in its weekly report on death and disease, published [...]

California is facing what could be the state’s biggest outbreak of pertussis since 1958, according to its top public health official. Dr. Mark Horton, director of the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) said, “Whooping cough is now an epidemic in California,” “Children should be vaccinated against the disease and parents, family members and [...]

Audience: State and local H1N1 vaccine planners. Purpose: To describe the key changes that will be effective April 1, 2010 to the distribution of 2009 H1N1 vaccine and supplies. (source: CDC) - RSS feeds and Feed widget on Feedzilla.com

Flyer summarizing everyday preventive actions that can help slow the spread of germs that cause respiratory illness, like flu. (source: CDC) - News widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com

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

The latest government survey has found that 1 in 5 U.S. children had a flu-like illness earlier this month, and most of those cases likely were swine flu. (source: Msn) - RSS widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com

Health workers caring for swine flu patients are told to don protective masks. (source: ABC News) - News widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com

Schools started back earlier and officials have seen a clear ‘uptick' in activity in some areas in recent weeks (source: The Globe and Mail) - RSS widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com

The H1N1 flu virus could cause up to 90,000 U.S. deaths, mainly among children and young adults, if it resurges this fall as expected, according to a report released Monday by a presidential advisory panel. read more http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/08/24/us.swine.flu….

Federal officials said Thursday that colleges should consider suspending classes this fall if the H1N1 flu virus begins to cause severe illness in a significantly larger share of students than last spring … full story