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  1. Are any of your patients getting tested for swine flu?

    My hospital is testing anyone with flu like s/s as well. All nursing units received instructions on how to obtain specimens for patients that present with flu like
  2. Pandemic Awareness/Preparation

    Initiating Tamiflu Rationing in Australia
  3. CDC Briefing for 4 May 2009 http://afludiary.blogspot.com/2009/05/may-4th-cdc-briefing.html FlaMedic has summarized the briefing for
  4. Update from Dr. Margaret Chan of WHO
  5. Would you get the vaccine?

    Yes, it will be still be flu season in Argentina, and this new virus is already present in the southern hemsphere. Another concern would be that if the seasonal flu in Argentina this season is the...
  6. Pandemic Awareness/Preparation

    Egypt: Pig farmers clash with police http://crofsblogs.typepad.com/h5n1/2009/05/egypt-pig-farmers-clash-with-police.html A few days ago we heard that Egypt is killing all 300 thousand pigs. Obviously,...
  7. Not letting my kid go to school

    H1N1: Why Do Schools Close, And When Do They Open?
  8. WHO raises swine flu pandemic alert to phase 5

    Swine H1N1 Transmission From Human to Swine
  9. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30398682/ Do not panic, but the WHO has just raised the Pandemic Threat Level to Phase 5. I would suggest that you do some prepping if you have not done so. Be calm, and...
  10. WHO raises swine flu pandemic alert to phase 5

    The CDC's Conference for Sunday, 2 May 2009 http://afludiary.blogspot.com/2009/05/even-on-sundays.html A few days ago it was found that there were cases of this new type A, H1N1 found in pigs on a...
  11. Calif. halts prison visits due to H1N1 http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/05/04/Calif-halts-prison-visits-due-to-H1N1/UPI-88201241411478/ This is interesting because of its larger implications. If...
  12. WHO raises swine flu pandemic alert to phase 5

    I do not believe that we are seeing much in the way of hysteria on these threads. We are however, seeing the concerned interest of professionals. The WHO has never before raised its Pandemic Threat...
  13. WHO raises swine flu pandemic alert to phase 5

    Flu's True Severity Is Still Unknown Don't Leap to Conclusions, WHO Warns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/01/AR2009050101777.html?hpid=topnews No one can predict what will...
  14. WHO raises swine flu pandemic alert to phase 5

    Swine flu: the overreaction overreaction http://scienceblogs.com/effectmeasure/2009/05/swine_flu_the_overreaction_ove.php#more The Editors of Effect Measure are senior public health scientists and...
  15. WHO raises swine flu pandemic alert to phase 5

    CDC Guidelines on Pregnancy and Pandemic Flu http://afludiary.blogspot.com/2009/05/cdc-guidelines-on-pregnancy-and.html The CDC has spoken, and this is what they have to say about pregnant HCW....
  16. Pandemic Awareness/Preparation

    CDC Guidelines on Pregnancy and Pandemic Flu http://afludiary.blogspot.com/2009/05/cdc-guidelines-on-pregnancy-and.html The CDC has spoken, and this is what they have to say about pregnant HCW....
  17. Would you get the vaccine?

    Vaccine for Type A, H1N1 Planned http://whoterrance.vo.msecnd.net/mediacentre/audio/press_briefings/VPC_01MAY2009_H1N1_influenza.mp3 About that vaccine, WHO announced at the May 1st press update that...
  18. WHO raises swine flu pandemic alert to phase 5

    Exponential Growth: Swine Flu Probe Slowed by Backlog in Mexican Sample Testing
  19. WHO raises swine flu pandemic alert to phase 5

    H1N1 Influenza 2009 http://flutracker.rhizalabs.com/ This map is a work in progress. I could not get it to work, but will try again later. Frankly, I do not think that they will be able to keep up...
  20. Pandemic Awareness/Preparation

    Swine flu: case definitions and tough decisions
  21. How does the flu kill people??

    Bingo!
  22. H1N1

    What does the WHO's pandemic scale mean? And why is anyone worried about this?
  23. Pandemic Awareness/Preparation

    The Stockpiling Dilemna
  24. Pandemic Awareness/Preparation

    Germ Sleuths Stalk Origin of Killer Flu http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124113876438075685.html?mod=googlenews_wsj This is a fascinating article from the Wall Street Journal giving some detail about...
  25. Pandemic Awareness/Preparation

    Swine flu: working sick and shared responsibilities http://scienceblogs.com/effectmeasure/2009/05/swine_flu_working_sick_and_sha.php Have many of you have been forced to go to work while sick? I've...