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Intensive care units under strain in New Mexico Comments Off on Intensive care units under strain in New Mexico

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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October 24, 2009 – 8:42 am
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The H1N1 patient surge: Readiness of U.S. health system in focus Comments Off on The H1N1 patient surge: Readiness of U.S. health system in focus

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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October 19, 2009 – 1:26 am
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Video Digest: Hospitals change visit policies, CDC update, H1N1 death in San Diego, Worst case economic impacts Comments Off on Video Digest: Hospitals change visit policies, CDC update, H1N1 death in San Diego, Worst case economic impacts

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October 18, 2009 – 1:44 pm
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H1N1 vaccine side effects in focus Comments Off on H1N1 vaccine side effects in focus

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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October 11, 2009 – 11:45 pm
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Untangling H1N1 vaccine safety perceptions and rumors 2

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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October 11, 2009 – 9:50 am
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Video Digest: H1N1 vaccine, H1N1 reality check, CDC update, In Memorium Comments Off on Video Digest: H1N1 vaccine, H1N1 reality check, CDC update, In Memorium

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October 9, 2009 – 10:30 pm
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H1N1 flu at epidemic threshold in U.S. Comments Off on H1N1 flu at epidemic threshold in U.S.

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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October 9, 2009 – 6:30 pm
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Situation Brief Comments Off on Situation Brief

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October 7, 2009 – 6:02 pm
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