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  1. MMWR: Pediatric Flu Deaths Nearly Doubled Last Week

    indigo girl replied to indigo girl's topic in Disaster Preparation

    This week's update from CDC. The pediatric report is startling.

  2. CDC Releases Revised Hospitalization & Death Estimates

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    This week's update from CDC. It's sobering.

  3. So sick of hearing about the swine flu!!!

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    Get the vax for you and your family when you can. You can be infected more than once like this pediatrician:

  4. Evidence of swine flu risk to pregnant women rises

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    Don't know if that will ever come about. The quote is from the Vietnamese. Clearly all of the countries where H5N1 is endemic are worried about that possibility as are some virolgists in the western...

  5. Who is protecting us? CDC N95 mask for H1N1

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    IOM committee member comments

  6. Evidence of swine flu risk to pregnant women rises

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    Kien Giang, Vietnam http://www.saigon-gpdaily.com.vn/Health/2009/11/75963/ (hat tip

  7. Tests show fall outbreak is rhinovirus, not swine flu

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    When the Flu, Isn't the Flu http://afludiary.blogspot.com/2009/11/when-flu-isnt-flu.html I am always interested in a new "bug,"though I suspect it may not be new, just

  8. ECMO - Will We Have Sufficient Capacity for the Fall/Winter Flu Season?

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    Cleveland, Ohio http://abcnews.go.com/Health/SwineFluNews/h1n1-victims-healthy-deaths-door-week/story?id=9054126 (hat tip

  9. Deaths of Students, School Nurses and Teachers Once the Schools Re-opened

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    Cedar Rapids, Iowa http://www.radioiowa.com/2009/11/11/kirkwood-students-death-believe-to-be-bacterial-meningitis/ Meningitis plus H1N1, is a bad combination. (hat tip

  10. Deaths of Students, School Nurses and Teachers Once the Schools Re-opened

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    Katy, Texas http://www.myfoxhouston.com/dpp/health/091111_billy_cary_returns_home (hat tip

  11. Novel H1N1 Infections in Animals

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    China Worries Over Species Jumping H1N1 http://afludiary.blogspot.com/2009/11/china-worries-over-species-jumping-h1n1.html I have not heard of anywhere where dogs have been confirmed positive for...

  12. H5N1, Bird Flu Updates

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    Lebak, Banten, Indonesia http://crofsblogs.typepad.com/h5n1/2009/11/indonesia-more-b2b-h5n1-outbreaks.html I have not been paying much attention to this virus lately, but it is still around. There was...

  13. Evidence of swine flu risk to pregnant women rises

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    Aachen, Germany It sounds like the rapid flu test was negative like so many others. Now, she will be diagnosed at autopsy....

  14. No Prior Existing Conditions but Dead Anyway

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    Calgary, Alberta, Canada She is recovering. Like so many others randomly hit, her fiance wonders why her? There is still no good answer. http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=132647...

  15. Should the H1N1 Vaccine be mandatory for Healthcare Professionals?

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    You can get it more than once. Too bad you were not tested for confirmation. Here is a case of positive confirmation of novel swine orgin both times:

  16. So sick of hearing about the swine flu!!!

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    Agreed, but we are not saving them all despite our advanced technology, and our antivirals. Not everyone that ends up on a vent, can be oxygenated. For those that can even qualify for ECMO, it's a...

  17. Evidence of swine flu risk to pregnant women rises

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    Sharqia Governate, Egypt http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-11/11/content_12433969.htm (hat tip

  18. Should the H1N1 Vaccine be mandatory for Healthcare Professionals?

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    I do understand why you would not get vaccinated but it is difficult to understand why your internist is not recommending influenza vaccine for patients, and to recommend only seasonal flu shots when...

  19. So sick of hearing about the swine flu!!!

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    I cannot agree with that epidemeoligist, but do agree about getting the vax. Although many have had mild to moderate cases, I am seeing four significant differences between what we saw last year and...

  20. cohorting flu

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    Good points. You don't know if they have the same disease. This happened recently on our psych unit where true isolation is not possible. There were five patients with ILI. They were in 6 rooms. We...

  21. Duration of stay in hospitals, days weeks months?

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    Two links from a study in Ireland: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=19389...

  22. Fearing a Flu Vaccine and Wanting More of It

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    Read the rest here:

  23. Letter from the Commissioner to Nation's Doctors on H1N1 Vaccine

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    (hat tip Avian Flu Diary) Please read the whole letter at:

  24. Novel H1N1 Infections in Animals

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    More ferrets in Oregon get swine flu from owners http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/11/more_ferrets_in_oregon_get_swi.html (hat tip flutrackers/Roehl

  25. Who is protecting us? CDC N95 mask for H1N1

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    http://infectiousdiseasenews.com/article/50386.aspx SHEA remains determined to get rid of the N95 mask as your best protection from swine flu. This time they wrote to the White House. Good grief! I do...