H1N1 2009 Pandemic Influenza

Flu up slightly on US campuses
The American College Health Association (ACHA) reports that the incidence of flu-like illnesses on member campuses last week was 19.2 per 10,000 students, an increase of about 2% from the 18.9 per 10,000 the week before. The report listed 5,959 new cases at 238 schools. By region, the most new cases were reported in the middle Atlantic states and the Southeast.

(CIDRAP News) – In response to questions from citizens at a meeting yesterday, a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) official said the agency would make a decision "fairly soon" about permitting emergency use of the experimental antiviral drug peramivir to help patients severely ill with pandemic H1N1 influenza.

Oct 14, 2009

(CIDRAP News) – The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today issued eagerly awaited recommendations on pandemic H1N1 infection control in healthcare settings, which affirms its earlier guidance on N-95 respirators but spells out other options for when the respirators are in short supply.

(CIDRAP News) – Top state health officials said today they have been kept busy battling rumors and myths about the pandemic H1N1 vaccine, on top of the demanding work of coordinating the vaccination program just getting under way.

NIAID launches vaccine trials in HIV-infected groups

(CIDRAP News) – About half of the pandemic H1N1 vaccine coming from manufacturers is now injectable doses, and shipments are on their way to states to use this week alongside the nasal-spray version that is already available, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said today.

(CIDRAP News) – A collection of new studies is demonstrating once again the ability of the pandemic H1N1 virus to make some people desperately sick and is raising questions about the potential strain on critical-care resources this fall and winter.

Oct 12, 2009

Oct 9, 2009