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Is Swine Flu Poised for a British Invasion of the US?
By David Knowles - AOL NewsHere it comes again. An outbreak of H1N1 flu has hospitalized 302 people in England and accounted for 14 deaths in recent weeks, the Guardian reported. Making matters worse, many British citizens, including health workers, have yet to receive flu shots this year after the frenzy of attention paid to H1N1 subsided at the conclusion of last year's pandemic season. This year's flu shot covers both seasonal and the so-called "swine" flu strains, but vaccination rates have been 2.5 percent lower this year than last, the BBC reported. "It was ill-advised not to have the public awareness campaign ...
H1N1 Declared Over; Experts Ponder Lessons
By Katie Drummond - AOL News(Aug. 10) -- More than a year after swine flu was declared a global pandemic, leading to a flurry of fast-tracked vaccine production, travel restrictions and public health advisories, the world has finally entered a "post-pandemic period." That's the word from the World Health Organization, which today downgraded H1N1 from pandemic status on its six-stage alert system. The virus has killed an estimated 19,000 people worldwide so far, compared with the 500,000 the WHO estimates die during a typical flu season. "The new H1N1 virus has largely run its course," Margaret Chan, WHO's director ...
It's Official: WHO Says H1N1 Pandemic Is Over
By not in system - AOL NewsGENEVA (Aug. 10) -- The World Health Organization declared the swine flu pandemic officially over Tuesday, months after many national authorities started canceling vaccine orders and shutting down hot lines as the disease ebbed from the headlines. WHO Director-General Margaret Chan said the organization's emergency committee of top flu experts advised her that the pandemic had "largely run its course" and the world is no longer in phase six - the highest influenza alert level. "I fully agree with the committee's advice," Chan told reporters in a telephone briefing from her native Hong ...
WHO Admits Errors in Handling H1N1
By Katie Drummond - AOL News(April 12) -- The World Health Organization has admitted to errors and a lack of clear communication in handling the H1N1 pandemic last year, but its top influenza expert says the agency doesn't regret proclaiming the flu a pandemic. "The reality is there is a huge amount of uncertainty [in a pandemic]. I think we did not convey the uncertainty. That was interpreted by many as a nontransparent process," Keiji Fukuda, the WHO's leading influenza expert, told a panel of experts convening this week for a post-pandemic analysis of the organization's response to H1N1. The agency uses a six-stage ...
Health Officials Worry Over H1N1 Uptick
By Katie Drummond - AOL News(March 30) -- An outbreak of H1N1 cases in Georgia and mini-surges in other Southeastern states have federal health officials urging vaccinations and vigilance to thwart the threat of a third wave of the flu. H1N1 has been largely contained across most of the country. But in Georgia, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that the number of those sick is higher than it was in October, when the second wave of the flu swept the nation. In the last week alone, the state has seen 40 hospitalizations. That's more than any other week since last fall. Specialists with the CDC are ...
Hyping H1N1: Did It Create a Dangerous Flu Fatigue?
By Katie Drummond - AOL News(Feb. 27) -- With the World Health Organization warning yet again this week that the H1N1 virus has yet to reach its peak, a flu season that's milder than average hardly seems that way. Now, the nearly yearlong coverage of H1N1 has left some worried that future influenza outbreaks will be met with ambivalent flu fatigue among the public. "It's inevitable that there's H1N1 fatigue," Dr. Robert Daum, an infectious disease specialist at the University of Chicago Medical Center, told AOL News. "Health officials, the media and the public are all stuck between a rock and a hard place on this one." ...
Campuses Buckle Down for Long Flu Season
By Frances Tobin - Politics DailyHealth services on college campuses throughout the U.S. have dramatically intensified since the World Health Organization declared H1N1 (or "swine flu") a global pandemic this past June. Though health care providers prepare for the onset of the seasonal flu each winter, the threat of H1N1 compelled them to take extra measures to ensure sufficient resources and capacity to effectively treat those infected. Production for a vaccine for H1N1 began in earnest in May, when manufacturers received the "seed strains" of the virus, which would be grown in eggs. According to a recent New York Times ...
Take a Sick Day, Please: H1N1 and the Office
By Ria Misra - Politics DailyAs a near-constant sneezer when the weather changes, flu season is a chance for me to experience the kind of general public shunning usually reserved for tax auditors or people who attempt to leash their cats. On crowded trains, I not only have my own seat, but usually an empty one next to me as well. At the grocery store checkout, other customers eye me suspiciously and dig in their purses or pockets for bottles of Purell. The other day, after I sat down at the table next to him, an alarmed man promptly fled the coffee shop, muttering about germs. As it so happens, I'm not sick -- just ...
The Hajj and H1N1: Pilgrimage During a Pandemic
By Ria Misra - Politics DailyBy some estimates, the hajj is the single largest, annual gathering in the world; the pilgrimage of Muslims to Mecca attracts between 2 and 3 million visitors from all over the globe. But this year, officials are worried about several strains of H1N1. In a study published in the journal Science on Thursday, researchers warned that measures would need to be taken to prevent outbreaks of H1N1 both during the hajj, which takes place Nov. 25-30 this year, and after, as travelers return to their home countries. One of the authors of the study, Dr. Ziad Memish, who is also the Assistant Deputy ...
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