H1N1 2009 Pandemic Influenza

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Study: Lax response spurred England's late, severe H1N1 spike

(CIDRAP News) – Lapses in health measures during the second season that the 2009 H1N1 flu virus circulated in England probably contributed to a heavier disease burden—marked by more deaths and hospitalizations—than during the 2009-10 pandemic, researchers reported today.

Lisa Schnirring
 

FLU NEWS SCAN: Oseltamivir across placental barrier, H1N1 risk factors, dual-use system

Mar 29, 2012

 

Studies confirm H1N1 vaccine-narcolepsy link in Finnish kids

(CIDRAP News) – Two studies yesterday confirmed the link between narcolepsy in Finnish children and the adjuvanted 2009 H1N1 pandemic vaccine Pandemrix and offered new details.

Lisa Schnirring
 

Experts call for overhaul of global flu surveillance

(CIDRAP News) – In a set of articles published today in Nature, influenza experts say global flu surveillance—especially in poultry and swine—is sorely lacking and needs a major overhaul to make it more sustained, timely, and representative.

Robert Roos
 

FLU NEWS SCAN: High-dose flu vaccine safety, H1N1 and pregnancy, IOM on crisis care standards

Mar 23, 2012

 

NEWS SCAN: H5N1 in cats, H1N1 surveillance, joint cholera efforts, Ukraine measles outbreak, fecal transplants

Mar 15, 2012

 

NEWS SCAN: Phone triage during 2009 pandemic, infants and severe H1N1, H5N1 vaccine approved

Mar 5, 2012

 

NEWS SCAN: H5N1 case in Bangladesh, H5N1 outbreak in Bhutan, H1N1 hospitalization rate, H1N1 immune response in seniors, raw milk outbreak total

Mar 1, 2012

 

NEWS SCAN: Intention to receive pH1N1 vaccine, H3N2 in Vietnam, malaria drug approval

Feb 17, 2012

 

NEWS SCAN: Narrow focus for WHO H5N1 meeting, pandemic impact in Europe, pandemic vaccine safety, vaccine-linked narcolepsy, polio vaccine fears in Japan

Feb 10, 2012

 

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