Pandemic Influenza

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NEWS SCAN: Flu in New Zealand, fatal resistant infection, Q fever and raw milk, SE Asian pandemic exercise

Aug 16, 2010

 

FLU NEWS SCAN: School opening and pandemic H1N1, adjuvanted vaccine in elderly, H5N1 in Indonesia's pigs and poultry

Aug 13, 2010

 

India, New Zealand report high H1N1 activity

(CIDRAP News) – Pandemic H1N1 flu activity is intense in parts of India and New Zealand and is circulating at low-to-moderate levels in a few other parts of the world, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported today.

Earlier this week the WHO declared that the H1N1 influenza pandemic was over and changed the pandemic alert phase to the post-pandemic period, but it warned that the virus was still circulating and warranted continued surveillance.

Lisa Schnirring
 

NEWS SCAN: H5N1 in Egypt, pandemic vaccine efforts, polio lab inventory

Aug 12, 2010

 

NEWS SCAN: Texting for flu surveillance, New Zealand H1N1 vigilance, serious H1N1 cases, immunity research initiative, resistant bacteria

Aug 11, 2010

 

WHO says H1N1 pandemic is over

Note: Substantial material was added to this article at 6:15 p.m. US Central Time on the WHO's pandemic response and the role of public health going forward.

(CIDRAP News) – The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) today declared the H1N1 influenza pandemic over, saying worldwide flu activity has returned to typical seasonal patterns and many people have immunity to the virus.

Robert Roos
 

NEWS SCAN: DoD award for vaccine plant, flu pandemic's cost to health insurers

 

NEWS SCAN: Salmonella update, BARDA contracts, H5N1 in Indonesia, colleges' H1N1 lessons

Aug 3, 2010

 

H1N1 NEWS SCAN: Pandemic definition, H1N1 antibody prevalence, vaccination methods

Jul 29, 2010

 

H1N1 NEWS SCAN: Severe illness, antiviral protection, hand hygiene

Jul 28, 2010

 

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