The president declared H1N1 a national flu emergency. This action will allow the Secretary of Health and Human Services to expedite waivers to hospitals and medical facilities, in turn providing them greater flexibility to implement emergency operations plans if confonted with surges in H1N1 patient loads. Washington Post: President Obama declares H1N1 flu a national […]
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22 Oct 209, Albuqerque, New Mexico. KRQE newscast reported that Intensive Care Unit admissions to area hospitals are 40 percent higher than normal for this time of year. The report “H1N1 Challenges Ahead” issued earlier in the month, forecasted that New Mexico would be among 12 states, whose hospitals would be strained to maximum capacity […]
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According to CDC statistics for the week ending October 10, forty-one states are now reporting widespread influenza activity, and influenza-related deaths are above epidemic thresholds. This raises the question. Is the U.S. public health infrastructure prepared for a surge of critically-ill H1N1 patients ? The answer depends on whom is asked. A poll conducted by […]
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Reports are growing that H1N1 targets young populations. According to the latest CDC reporting, there have been 43 flu-related deaths in the U.S. among perons under age 18, since August 30. A CDC spokesperson called these “very sobering statistics” given that only about 40 or 50 children usually die during an entire flu season. A […]
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Recent findings published in the New England Journal of Medicine provide some insights into H1N1 vaccine side effects. In clinical trials involving 120 persons involving a single dose of H1N1, there were no deaths, no serious adverse events or other events that would have triggered the tests to end. The most common reactions reported by […]
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News accounts have reported lingering public suspicion about the safety of the H1N1 vaccine. Much of this coverage traces to a widely reported Associated Press poll conducted Oct. 1-5, that found 72 percent of those surveyed are worried about side effects. More than half say that those concerns wouldn’t stop them from getting the vaccine […]
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09 Oct 2009 Reuters reports, according to the Center for Disease Control, pandemic H1N1 flu is spreading in several states at a time when there is normally little to no influenza. CDC’s weekly FluView report revealed that 6.5 percent of all deaths in the last week of September were due to pneumonia and influenza. This […]
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