Outbreak Detection

  • Pregnant Women Need Flu Shots
    Pregnant women should be sure to get all their flu shots as soon as the vaccines become available this year to protect them against both the seasonal flu and the H1N1 (swine) flu, according to eight leading national maternal and infant health organizations.The eight ...More
    September 24, 2009
    Posted in News
  • Poll Shows Most Americans Lacking Direction from Their Employers for the H1N1 Flu Season
    Most workers have not had any direction from their employers about the upcoming flu season, according to a national survey released  by Mansfield Communications Inc. In the survey of a national representative sample, 69 percent of respondents say they have received no ...More
    September 23, 2009
    Posted in News, Hand Hygiene
  • Winner of 2009 H1N1 Flu PSA Contest is Announced
    Department of Health and Human Services secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Department of Education secretary Arne Duncan today announced that Dr. John Clarke of Baldwin, N.Y., is the winner of the 2009 H1N1 Public Service Announcement Contest.  More than 50,000 votes were ...More
    September 22, 2009
    Posted in News
  • IOM Issues Report on Species-Jumping Diseases
    Significant weaknesses undermine the global community's abilities to prevent, detect early, and respond efficiently to potentially deadly species-crossing microbes, such as the pandemic H1N1 influenza virus sweeping the globe, says a new report from the Institute of ...More
    September 22, 2009
    Posted in News
  • HHS Releases Two New Reports on Pandemic Preparedness
    The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG) has released a report, “State and Local Pandemic Influenza Preparedness: Medical Surge,” in which the agency hoped to determine the extent to which selected states ...More
    September 21, 2009
    Posted in News
  • Researchers Examine Ways to Combat Flu Virus
    Four University of Arkansas researchers will look at ways to prevent and treat the influenza virus thanks to a grant from the National Institutes of Health. The researchers will receive $854,803 over two years as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to ...More
    September 21, 2009
    Posted in News
  • Expert Urges Responsibility in Reaction to H1N1 Flu Pandemic
    Sickness caused by the new H1N1 influenza virus is no worse than the flu Americans experience nearly every year, and keeping that in perspective is solid guidance for the public and anyone dealing with flu, says a University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) pediatric ...More
    September 17, 2009
    Posted in News
  • FDA Approves Vaccines for 2009 H1N1 Influenza Virus
    The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announces that it has approved four vaccines against the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus. The vaccines will be distributed nationally after the initial lots become available, which is expected within the next four weeks.“Today's ...More
    September 16, 2009
    Posted in News
  • A Possible Link Between 1918 El Niño and Flu Pandemic?
    Research conducted at Texas A&M University casts doubts on the notion that El Niño has been getting stronger because of global warming and raises interesting questions about the relationship between El Niño and a severe flu pandemic 91 years ago. The findings ...More
    September 14, 2009
    Posted in News
  • NIAID Announces Early Results from Clinical Trials of 2009 H1N1 Influenza Vaccines in Healthy Adults
    Anthony Fauci, MD, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), says he is “encouraged by reports that are now emerging from various clinical trials of 2009 H1N1 influenza vaccines, conducted by various vaccine manufacturers. We ...More
    September 11, 2009
    Posted in News
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