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  1. Drug-Resistant Flu Strain Turns Up In Denmark but Doesn't Last Long

    indigo girl replied to Lovely_RN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Single-Dose Intravenous Peramivir Effective for Seasonal Acute Influenza http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/582819 Here is our only alternative to Tamiflu given po, and inhaled Relenza. This drug is...

  2. Surge of Flu Cases in Argentina and Chile

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    Swine Flu Sickens Argentine Economy

  3. Evidence of swine flu risk to pregnant women rises

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

    Palm Beach County, Florida http://www.palmbeachpost.com/business/content/business/epaper/2009/07/10/0710swineflu.html I do not ever recall hearing about several pregnant women dying from seasonal flu....

  4. Any News on a Vaccine Yet?

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    U.S. government to pay for flu vaccine campaign

  5. Drug-Resistant Flu Strain Turns Up In Denmark but Doesn't Last Long

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    Preparing for Fall http://www.boston.com/news/science/articles/2009/07/09/us_government_to_pay_for_flu_vaccine_campaign/ (Thank you to Avian Flu Diary for the

  6. UK Has 3rd Highest Number of Swine Flu Cases

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    http://edition.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/07/10/swine.flu.uk/index.html?eref=rss_latest This is July. What will happen in the fall if they have this many cases now? Maybe everyone will already have caught...

  7. States Told to Prepare for Worst Case Swine Flu Scenario

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    http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/07/09/obama.swine.flu/ This is a message more in line with what could actually happen. Now if they could just wake people up to the need for some personal responsibility...

  8. States Told to Prepare for Worst Case Swine Flu Scenario

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    Flu summit thoughts http://scienceblogs.com/effectmeasure/2009/07/flu_summit_thoughts.php#more Parents take note: The Editors of Effect Measure are senior public health scientists and practitioners....

  9. Drug-Resistant Flu Strain Turns Up In Denmark but Doesn't Last Long

    indigo girl replied to Lovely_RN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    http://www.recombinomics.com/News/07100901/H274Y_Fit.html Information on the Japanese case is now available so that just leaves the Denmark sequence, the Indian case and the Vietnamese case whose...

  10. Swine Flu in Australia/New Zealand

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    Absenteeism at record levels in Australia due to flu http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21598,25759149-949,00.html (hat tip Avian Flu

  11. Swine Flu Recovery Story

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    http://www.ajc.com/wednesday/content/metro/stories/2009/07/09/local_swine_flu_patient.html She had no prior existing conditions, and she almost died. She spent 41 days at Emory, and 2 weeks prior to...

  12. No Prior Existing Conditions but Dead Anyway

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    Calgary, Canada

  13. No Prior Existing Conditions but Dead Anyway

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    Alexandria, Virginia http://trancy.net/2009/07/04/july-4-david-twomey-washington-d-c-us/ Lived in Alexandria, and worked in D.C. No prior health problems in any of the many articles on his death, but...

  14. NYC School Nurse Recounts Swine Flu Triage

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    NYC School Nurse Recounts Swine Flu Triage http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jz1OhL0AYSVJxhpPAYu0RQzU_SWAD99B3MDG0 You got to love her use of whatever it took to take care of all of...

  15. Obesity as a Risk Factor for Swine Flu

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    Obese May Be Biggest Losers as Swine Flu, Fat Epidemic Collide http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601202&sid=a0DakJmBpgrc (hat tip Avian Flu

  16. States Told to Prepare for Worst Case Swine Flu Scenario

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    Swine Flu Shots Could Begin This Fall http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31828836 Video of interview with HHS Secretary Sebelius at this

  17. States Told to Prepare for Worst Case Swine Flu Scenario

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    The Take Home Message from Today's Flu Summit http://afludiary.blogspot.com/2009/07/take-home-message-from-todays-flu.html Follow the link for more

  18. Drug-Resistant Flu Strain Turns Up In Denmark but Doesn't Last Long

    indigo girl replied to Lovely_RN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/10/health/10flu.html?_r=2&ref=health So they are monitoring for Tamiflu resistance particularly in northern California where the Hong Kong case came from originally....

  19. Drug-Resistant Flu Strain Turns Up In Denmark but Doesn't Last Long

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    Vietnam http://english.vietnamnet.vn/Health/2009/07/857304/ Hello, Houston, oops, I meant Geneva. I think we have a problem here... (hat tip Avian Flu Diary) Sounds exactly like what happened in...

  20. flu was jumping from pigs to people and back all along, no one was paying attention

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    yes, it is a strange coincidence.

  21. Swine Flu May Be Going to Camp This Summer

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    http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/jul/08/swine-flu-detected-kids-camps/?metro&zIndex=128421 I don't know, maybe it's just me but it does not seem very smart to send a bunch of asthmatic...

  22. Surge of Flu Cases in Argentina and Chile

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    Argentine Businesses Struck by Swine Flu http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/835fd8e8-6b01-11de-861d-00144feabdc0.html?nclick_check=1 This is a very interesting article on how life in Argentina has been...

  23. What PPE/precautions are you taking for H1N1?

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    Be sure to ask about pregnant workers. This is something that they are not likely to be thinking about but should be. If they are not interested then maybe risk management would be. There may be law...

  24. CDC Recommendations for Swine Flu Vaccination

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    Planning Scenarios http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/vaccination/statelocal/planning.htm/?breaknews These recommendations just came out today. Yes, HCW are one of the priority groups. I am in another group...

  25. Pandemic Awareness/Preparation

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    Indonesia: Eight more suspected H5N1 cases, and a possible death https://crofsblogs.typepad.com/h5n1/2009/07/indonesia-eight-more-suspected-h5n1-cases-and-a-possible-death.html Lest we forget, bird...