H1N1 2009 Pandemic Influenza

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H1N1 NEWS SCAN: Global activity, lung damage, antibodies in blood

Jul 16, 2010

H1N1 NEWS SCAN: School-closure impact, viral shedding, vaccine news

Jul 15, 2010

ICEID NEWS SCAN: School closures, pneumonia and flu deaths, raw milk demand, sprout outbreaks

ATLANTA

H1N1 NEWS SCAN: WHO delays phase decision, serious cases in Northern Hemisphere

Jul 14, 2010

H1N1 NEWS SCAN: Widespread flu in Mumbai, deaths in healthy people, focus groups, H1N1 from double-lung transplant

Jul 13, 2010

ICEID NEWS SCAN: Thermal scanners, asymptomatic H1N1 in HCWs, pandemic vaccine wariness, dengue in Florida, foodborne disease patterns

ATLANTA

ICEID COVERAGE Experts anticipate new flu-fighting tools

As the world recovers its bearings after spikes in pandemic flu activity and anticipates how the upcoming flu season will unfold, antiviral and vaccine experts in Atlanta today plotted out the new prevention and treatment tools public health officials may someday use to fine-tune their disease responses.

Lisa Schnirring

ICEID COVERAGE Experts air H1N1 lessons, other disease challenges

ATLANTA (CIDRAP News) The vital role of preparedness, from diagnostic testing to stockpiling of antiviral medications, was one of the most important lessons from assessments of the world's response to the H1N1 influenza pandemic, the World Health Organization's (WHO's) top flu expert told an international infectious diseases conference yesterday.

Lisa Schnirring

H1N1 NEWS SCAN: Activity increases in India, Mauritius

India confirms 330 cases last week
For the week ending Jul 11, India confirmed 330 pandemic H1N1 flu cases, including 17 deaths, the country's Press Information Bureau (PIB) reported today. All of the cases are indigenous. The fatal cases occurred in three southern states that have been among the hardest hit: Kerala (8), Maharashtra (8), and Andhra Pradesh (1).

WHO: Flu activity builds slowly in the Southern Hemisphere

(CIDRAP News) – So far Southern Hemisphere countries have seen low levels of flulike illnesses during their flu season, with the pandemic H1N1 virus predominant in Chile, Australia, and New Zealand; in addition, a few other places in the world, such as India, Malaysia, and Singapore, are reporting active transmission of the virus, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported today.

Lisa Schnirring