Apr 30, 2010
WHO: No changes in pandemic stats worldwide
The World Health Organization (WHO) said today that activity of the 2009 H1N1 pandemic virus continues to decline worldwide, with some circulation still occurring in West and Central Africa and South and Southeast Asia. Influenza B continues to circulate at detectable levels in China, Mongolia, Korea, Ghana, and Cameroon, and seasonal A/H3N2 flu has been found in Southeast Asia. In the Americas, Cuba and Peru have reported increases in unidentified respiratory disease.
http://www.who.int/csr/don/2010_04_30a/en/index.html
Apr 30 WHO pandemic H1N1 weekly update
CDC: Flu subsides across US
Visits to doctors for flu-like illness, hospitalizations for lab-confirmed flu, and the proportion of deaths attributable to pneumonia and influenza all continue to decline in the United States or have leveled off, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said today. No flu-related deaths among children were reported in the past week. No states are experiencing widespread or regional flu, and only two have enough reports of illness to qualify as having "local" flu activity.
http://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/
Apr 30 CDC FluView weekly report
Australia: No contamination in flu vaccine
Australian health authorities said today they have found no abnormalities in their current flu vaccine, despite the apparent spike in fever and convulsions among young children recently vaccinated against flu. Tests by manufacturers, a government body, and independent experts have found no contamination. Authorities said the cases may be a statistical artifact of many more shots being given than in past years; Western Australia, where the cases have occurred, has administered 2 million doses.
http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/no-abnormalities-found-in-flu-vaccine-yet-bishop-20100430-tz5m.html
Apr 30 Western Australia Today report
Researchers profile kidney injury in severe flu infections
In a report on acute kidney injury (AKI) in severe pandemic H1N1 infections, researchers at a hospital in Australia said that 8 of 13 patients admitted to the intensive care unit had AKI. Three patients met kidney-failure criteria and received renal replacement therapy. The findings were reported in the Apr 20 issue of Contributions to Nephrology. Mortality in the AKI patients was about 25%. Histology from one of the patients showed typical acute tubular necrosis.
http://content.karger.com/ProdukteDB/produkte.asp?doi=313771&hl=1&q=20427982
Apr Contrib Nephrol report
