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H1N1 Flu / Influenza
Flu Prevention Tips from Elmo
- Centers for Disease Control
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The Flu! A Guide for Parents - prepared by the CDC. (79 KB pdf file)
- Pandemic Flu: A Planning Guide for Educators identifies issues to consider when planning for seasonal flu, a mild or moderate pandemic
flu, or a severe pandemic. It tells what a "flu pandemic" is, how influenza spreads, and what can be done to limit the
spread of the flu. (487 KB pdf file)
- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention asks that you remind children to:
- Cover their nose and mouth with a tissue when they cough or sneeze—have them throw the tissue away after they use it.
- Wash their hands often with soap and water, especially after they cough or sneeze. If water is not near, use an alcohol-based hand cleaner.
- Remind them to not to touch their eyes, nose, or mouth. Germs often spread this way.
- Estimating Seasonal Influenza-Associated Deaths in the U.S: CDC Study Confirms Variability of Flu
Estimating Seasonal Influenza-Associated Deaths in the United States: CDC Study Confirms Variability of Flu
- Review Calls for New Federal Approach to Medical Countermeasures
HHS Secretary releases review and recommendations driven by pandemic flu experience
- WHO Director-General Statement
The world is no longer in phase 6 of influenza pandemic alert. We are now moving into the post-pandemic period. The new H1N1 virus has largely run its course.
- WHO Recommendations for the Post-pandemic Period
The world is now in the post-pandemic period. Based on knowledge about past pandemics, the H1N1 (2009) virus is expected to continue to circulate as a seasonal virus for some years to come.
- Questions and Answers: CSL Seasonal Influenza Vaccine Safety in the U.S.
CSL Seasonal Influenza Vaccine Safety in the
United States
- Recommended Flu Vaccines for Different Age Groups
Recommended Flu Vaccines for Different Age Groups - U.S., 2010-11 Season
- WHO Updates International H1N1 Flu Situation
As of 1 August 2010, worldwide more than 214 countries and overseas territories or communities have reported laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 2009, including over 18449 deaths.
- FDA Approves Vaccines for the 2010-2011 Influenza Season
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced today that it has approved vaccines for the 2010-2011 influenza season in the United States.
- Prevention and Control of Influenza with Vaccines: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), 2010
This report updates the 2009 recommendations by CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) regarding the use of influenza vaccine for the prevention and control of influenza.
- NIAID Grantees Use New Skin Patches to Deliver Flu Vaccine in Mice
For many years, researchers have been working to find a way to deliver flu vaccine ? whose components are much larger than those of nicotine and hormones ? using a transdermal (across the skin) patch.
- NIH Scientists Advance Universal Flu Vaccine
A universal influenza vaccine - so-called because it could potentially provide protection from all flu strains for decades - may become a reality because of research led by scientists from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health.
- H1N1 Influenza Public Health Emergency Determination to Expire on June 23
H1N1 Influenza Public Health Emergency Determination to Expire on June 23
- New CDC Test to Detect Human Infections with the 2009 H1N1 Influenza Virus Authorized for Use by FDA
A test developed by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to diagnose human infections with the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus (formerly known as swine flu or pandemic H1N1 flu) was authorized for use today by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
- FDA Warns About Fraudulent Tamiflu
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today warned consumers about a potentially harmful product represented as Generic Tamiflu sold over the Internet. FDA tests revealed that the fraudulent product does not contain Tamiflu?s active ingredient, oseltamivir, but cloxacillin, an ingredient in the same class of antibiotics as penicillin.
- CDC issues 2009 H1N1 Pandemic: Summary Highlights, April 2009-April 2010
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention document that summarizes key events of the 2009 H1N1 pandemic and CDC's response activities.
- NIH-Funded Scientists Find 2009 H1N1 Pandemic Influenza Vaccine Protects Mice from 1918 Influenza Virus
Mice injected with a 2009 H1N1 pandemic influenza vaccine and then exposed to high levels of the virus responsible for the 1918 influenza pandemic do not get sick or die, report scientists funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health.
- WHO Director-General Statement on Continuation of Pandemic Disease
A global update was provided to the Committee on the pandemic situation, including a particular focus on developments in Africa and the Southern Hemisphere.
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