Breaking News: Influenza

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While Americans wait for the H1N1 influenza vaccine, it’s important to know and understand the options for treatment for those who have been diagnosed and are ill.

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A Q&A about the flu vaccine with Dr. David P. Calfee, Infection Control Officer, The Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York.

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The latest C.S. Mott Children's Hospital National Poll on Children's Health finds less than half of parents in the United States intend to have their children vaccinated against H1N1 flu, even though it is strongly encouraged by the CDC that children be vaccinated.

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H1N1 influenza could slow growth in key industries and stall already-weak GDP growth in the third and fourth quarters of 2009, says a health economist in the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) School of Business.

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Loyola physicians say in most cases staying home, resting are best strategies for getting better, not spreading infection.

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Adults are nervous enough about H1N1. Imagine how our children might fear "Slime Flu." Here's a different kind of anti-viral: common sense advice to calm our children and calm ourselves.

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From a working member of the H1N1 influenza working group of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) to several experts in antiviral treatment for influenza, the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) has noted faculty available for swine-flu coverage.

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Wash your hands! Sounds simple, but that advice can make all the difference when it comes to avoiding the flu and colds...if you teach children the right way when they are young. LifeBridge Health has produced a public service announcement for children of all ages about hand washing.

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Schools as well as the flu season have officially started, so this is a great time to follow some simple health tips that will help provide protection from not only H1N1 (swine flu), but seasonal influenza as well.

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Remain calm and use common sense when reacting to the swine flu, advises the president of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. UAB’s Richard Whitley, M.D., is a member of the 2009-H1N1 influenza working group of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology. He says the swine-flu pandemic is not expected to turn into a worst-case scenario and that hospitals are prepared

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New research on flu exposure.

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In a commentary published in the Sept. 16, 2009 edition of the Journal of the American Medical Association, Stern and Markel provide a historical snapshot of Mexico’s emergency A(H1N1) public health strategies that is based on dozens of interviews they and their researchers conducted in Mexico in July 2009 with citizens and public officials.

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As cold and flu season get underway, breaking poor eating habits can not only prevent sickness, but also give you more energy, make you feel better about yourself, and help you live a healthier life. Ara DerMarderosian, PhD, professor of pharmacognosy for University of the Sciences in Philadelphia and an expert in nutraceuticals and natural foods, provides guidance to change how you eat and break habits that pack on the pounds and compromise immunity.

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There are steps you can take to reduce anxiety and improve your psychological and physical health during the H1N1 swine flu outbreak, says a certified disaster mental health specialist and associate professor at UAB. Keeping a cool head and maintaining perspective are top of the list for coping guidance.

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A suspected case of H1N1 reported on the ISU campus this week led one professor to alter the curriculum of her class on communicable diseases. Students are now working to educate the campus about the disease.

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An aggressive vaccination program that first targets children and ultimately reaches 70 percent of the U.S. population would mitigate pandemic influenza H1N1 that is expected this fall, according to computer modeling and analysis of observational studies conducted by researchers at the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Institute (VIDI) at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.

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For information about a variety of topics related to the H1N1 pandemic, St. Jude has experts available.

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As students head back to school and flu season gets underway, experts from University of the Sciences in Philadelphia are available and ready to discuss various aspects of H1N1 flu, including vaccines and treatments, pandemic preparedness, medication-use systems, and more.

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Loyola infectious disease physician, researcher says major differences in medicine exist between the Spanish Flu era and today

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Loyola occupational health expert Helps businesses get ready for flu season.

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Harvey V. Fineberg, M.D., Ph.D., president of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies, will Present “The Swine Flu Situation: 1976 as Applied to Now - What to Expect in the Fall.”

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As flu season gets underway and a second wave of H1N1 looms, UMDNJ is offering clinical, research and public health experts, from all university campuses, who can discuss various aspects of the novel virus.

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A list of experts who can talk about all aspects of swine flu from The Methodist Hospital in Houston.

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Care instructions may include a prescription for one of the antiviral drugs, Tamiflu® or Relenza®, soon after flu symptoms appear, and avoiding doctors’ waiting areas and hospital emergency departments, where H1N1 could cause more illness, says one antiviral expert. John Gnann Jr., M.D., oversees all adult studies conducted by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Collaborative Antiviral Study Group.

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A Columbus State University nursing professor has been tapped by the American Red Cross as a national “subject-matter expert” to lead its educational response to the growing threat of H1N1 flu across the U.S.

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How swine flu can affect pregnant women.

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From a working member of the H1N1 influenza working group of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) to an expert in disease surveillance for travelers and migrants, the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) has several experts who can address the spread of swine flu.

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Even though the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention strongly recommends that all healthcare workers receive seasonal flu shots, only about 40 percent do so. Now some infectious diseases experts and hospitals say flu shots should be mandatory.

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Dr. Jan Nowak reports community molecular pathologists’ efforts to confirm suspected cases of H1N1 influenza early in the outbreak and discussed the challenges encountered by the diagnostic community and opportunities to improve access to high quality rapid diagnostic tests for pandemic influenza.

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The Soap and Detergent Association (SDA – www.cleaning101.com) is hosting a webinar at no cost on September 24, 2009 to help community leaders prepare for cold and flu season.

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) are requesting neurologists to report any possible new cases of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) following 2009 H1N1 flu vaccination using the CDC and U. S. Food and Drug Administration Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS).

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A renowned researcher on antiviral therapies designed to fight infections in children and adults, Richard Whitley, M.D. is part of the 14-member group advising the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST). Issues examined by the group include infection data collection, vaccine production, drug stockpile, preparedness plans and other concerns, Whitley said.

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How people should be aware of, but not panic about swine flu coming this fall. Also, how people should not forget about seasonal influenza.

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Sorting out the facts from myths of swine flu...

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In the latest installment of The Researcher's Perspective, the new podcast series by Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP), Dr. Josh Hamilton discusses the potential implications of his recent mouse study on arsenic exposure and immune response to influenza A/H1N1.

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The following faculty members of The George Washington University Medical Center are available to comment on topics regarding H1N1 and vaccines, information for consumers, public health information, and information about homeland security.

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At least one strain of the H5N1 avian influenza virus leaves survivors at significantly increased risk for Parkinson's disease and possibly other neurological problems later in life, according to new research from St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.

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A grant from a state economic development fund will help Iowa State University researchers develop and evaluate a vaccine designed to protect swine from novel H1N1 and other strains of influenza.

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Approximately 1 in 6 public health workers said they would not report to work during a pandemic flu emergency regardless of its severity, according to a survey led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The new study suggests ways for improving the response of the public health workforce.

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Saint Louis University's Center for Vaccine Development is on the forefront of research to protect people from H1N1 influenza, which could sicken as many as one in five Americans.

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A protein in influenza virus that helps it multiply also damages lung epithelial cells, causing fluid buildup in the lungs, according to new research from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) and Southern Research Institute . Publishing online this week in the journal of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, the researchers say the findings give new insight into how flu attacks the lungs and provides targets for new treatments.

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A new, highly detailed study of the H1N1 flu virus shows that the pathogen is more virulent than previously thought.

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ASU mathematical epidemiologist Gerardo Chowell-Puente is co-author of a new study of the A(H1N1) influenza pandemic strain. Findings, published June 29 online in the New England Journal of Medicine, reveal an age shift in the proportion of cases toward a younger population when compared with historical patterns of seasonal influenza in Mexico.

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Mathematicians, biostaticians and public health officials from across North America will gather at Arizona State University June 25-28 to focus on understanding, possibly mitigating the spread of the H1N1 flu virus. They plan to take up the challenge of proposing science-based strategies that can slow the spread of pandemic flu.

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Researchers at The Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee published the first initial paper describing the Milwaukee prevalence of the largest outbreak of novel swine origin influenza virus (S-OIV) in America in the June 11, 2009, online issue of Viruses. This corresponded to the announcement by World Health Organization of the first influenza pandemic in 41 years.

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Scientists involved in the National Institutes of Health's Models of Infectious Disease Agent Study (MIDAS) are developing computational tools to study the emergence, spread and containment of contagious outbreaks, including H1N1.

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Public health experts Dr. George T. DiFerdinando, who leads the New Jersey Center for Health Preparedness at the UMDNJ-School of Public Health, and David Perlin, Ph.D., director of the Public Health Research Institute at the UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School, are available to discuss the H1N1 pandemic declared on Thursday by the World Health Organization (WHO).

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The popular social networking site has given researchers a leg up on studying the spread of H1N1 and other potential infectious diseases. Researchers posted questions on Facebook and later developed a survey to capture people's reactions to the actual outbreak. The results ultimately will help them model how changes in decision-making influence patterns of disease spread.

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With the World Health Organization raising the H1N1 flu to the highest pandemic level (Level 6), faculty members of The University of Texas Health Science Center say the world economy could be affected but the illness has run its course in the United States "“ for now.

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Government of Canada announces funding for research to further protect Canadians from the H1N1 flu virus. The Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of Health, is pleased to announce another measure to address the H1N1 flu virus. The Government of Canada will fund a national influenza research network focused on pandemic vaccine evaluation. The network will strengthen Canada's capacity to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of a pandemic influenza vaccine and vaccination programs.