Outbreak Detection

  • Early Lessons from the H1N1 Pandemic: Critical Illness in Children Unpredictable but Survivable
    Lessons learned from the first 13 children at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center to become critically ill from the H1N1 virus show that although all patients survived, serious complications developed quickly, unpredictably, with great variations from patient to patient ...More
    January 7, 2010
    Posted in News
  • Children More Likely to Catch Swine Flu, Says New Research
    Young people aged under 18 years are more likely than adults to catch swine flu from an infected person in their household, according to a new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine. However, the research also shows that young people are no more likely than ...More
    January 1, 2010
    Posted in News
  • Poll: Most Parents Succeeded in Getting H1N1 Vaccine for Their Children
    A new poll by researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) shows the shortage of H1N1 vaccine for children is easing. As of late last week, three-quarters of parents who tried to get the vaccine for their children were able to do so. Overall, six in 10 parents ...More
    December 22, 2009
    Posted in News
  • Assessment Finds Critical Public Health Disease Surveillance Capacity Lacking
    The CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) has released a report showing that the number of state-level epidemiologists has decreased steadily since 2004, with a marked decline of more than 10 percent since 2006. There was also a substantial decrease in ...More
    December 22, 2009
    Posted in News
  • End of H1N1 'Second Wave' in Sight in the U.S., New Report Says
    Rates of 2009 H1N1 influenza virus testing in the U.S. have declined more than 75 percent since their peak in late October, suggesting that the "second wave" of virus infection that sickened tens of millions of Americans since it began four months ago may be coming to an ...More
    December 21, 2009
    Posted in News
  • Study Reveals H1N1 Unexpected Weakness
    The H1N1 influenza virus has been keeping a secret that may be the key to defeating it and other flu viruses as well. Researchers at Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) have found what they believe is a weakness in H1N1's method for evading detection by the ...More
    December 10, 2009
    Posted in News
  • NY Autopsies Show H1N1 Flu Virus Damages Entire Airway
    In fatal cases of 2009 H1N1 influenza, the virus can damage cells throughout the respiratory airway, much like the viruses that caused the 1918 and 1957 influenza pandemics, report researchers from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the New York City Office of ...More
    December 7, 2009
    Posted in News
  • Study Links Real-Time Data to Flu Vaccine Strategies
    Adaptive vaccination strategies, based on age patterns of hospitalizations and deaths monitored in real-time during the early stages of a pandemic, outperform seasonal influenza vaccination allocation strategies, according to findings reported Dec. 3 by researchers, ...More
    December 3, 2009
    Posted in News
  • Availability of Flu Vaccine No Guarantee Public Will Want It
    Just because a vaccine is available doesn't mean people will choose to be inoculated, according to new University of Toronto research published amid widespread public confusion around the merit of H1N1 flu shots. The research – which looked at acceptability of ...More
    November 30, 2009
    Posted in News
  • CDC Kicks Off National Travelers’ Health Public Awareness Campaign
    Every holiday season, millions of Americans travel through the nation’s airports, seaports, and train stations to spend time with loved ones. Special holiday get-togethers – and traveling itself – bring people close together but also provide an ideal way ...More
    November 23, 2009
    Posted in News
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