H1N1 2009 Pandemic Influenza

Jan 29, 2010

Jan 28, 2010

Two Memphis-area kids die of H1N1

(CIDRAP News) – Fine-tuning pandemic communications strategies relating to children's issues can help avoid problems that doctors and hospitals experienced during surges of novel H1N1 flu, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said today in new guidance.

Jan 26, 2010

(CIDRAP News) – Officials from the World Health Organization (WHO) and a vaccine-maker trade group at a public hearing today defended themselves against allegations from some European politicians that they exaggerated the H1N1 pandemic threat to benefit drug companies.

Kentucky shuts down its H1N1 hotlineAfter receiving about 10,000 calls since it began in October, Kentucky's hotline for questions on pandemic and seasonal influenza has been shut down as demand has waned, the Associated Press (AP) reported. Public health officials say the hotline can be reactivated if needed, but in the meantime those seeking flu-related answers can go to the state's Health Alerts Web site (http://healthalerts.ky.gov).

(CIDRAP News) – Just days before a Council of Europe hearing to discuss claims that pharmaceutical companies influenced the World Health Organization's (WHO's) pandemic response, the global body said charges by some European officials that the pandemic is "fake" are "wrong and irresponsible."

Jan 22, 2010

(CIDRAP News) – Most signs of flu activity are showing continued declines, except for a rise in deaths from pneumonia and flu and a small uptick in pediatric flu deaths, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported today.