According to the latest influenza surveillance from CDC, no states have reported widespread flu activity for four consecutive weeks. However, pneumonia and influenza (P&I) mortality as a percentage of recorded deaths was 8.1% and is hovering above epidemic threshold (7.8%). One expert, speaking on background said the H1N1 epidemic has “one foot in the grave.” […]
Categories: Care and Treatment,US News,Vaccine Updates
Tagged: Care and Treatment, flu, h1n1, influenza, pandemic flu, swine flu, US News, Vaccine Updates
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- February 7, 2010 – 5:23 pm
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- By The Editor
Credibility and transparency are essential to building trust in public health communications. During unfolding public health crises, the problem of what and when to warn is an enduring policy dilemma that goes to the heart of public trust. Last week the World Health Organization (WHO) persuasively refuted spurious claims from the Council of Europe that […]
Categories: Care and Treatment,International News,US News,Vaccine Updates
Tagged: Care and Treatment, h1n1, influenza, International News, pandemic flu, swine flu, US News, Vaccine Updates
- Published:
- February 2, 2010 – 3:06 am
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- By The Editor
