Preliminary Results: Surveillance for Guillain-Barre Syndrome After Receipt...
Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) is an uncommon peripheral neuropathy causing paralysis and in severe cases respiratory failure and death.
View ArticleWHO Director-General Statement on Continuation of Pandemic Disease
A global update was provided to the Committee on the pandemic situation, including a particular focus on developments in Africa and the Southern Hemisphere.
View ArticleNIH-Funded Scientists Find 2009 H1N1 Pandemic Influenza Vaccine Protects Mice...
Mice injected with a 2009 H1N1 pandemic influenza vaccine and then exposed to high levels of the virus responsible for the 1918 influenza pandemic do not get sick or die, report scientists funded by...
View ArticleCDC issues 2009 H1N1 Pandemic: Summary Highlights, April 2009-April 2010
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention document that summarizes key events of the 2009 H1N1 pandemic and CDC's response activities.
View ArticleFDA Warns About Fraudulent Tamiflu
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today warned consumers about a potentially harmful product represented as Generic Tamiflu sold over the Internet. FDA tests revealed that the fraudulent product...
View ArticleWHO Updates International H1N1 Flu Situation
As of 13 June, worldwide more than 214 countries and overseas territories or communities have reported laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 2009, including over 18172 deaths.
View ArticleAdvance Notice for Termination of the Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) of...
Per the FDA-issued advance notice letters listed below, the declaration of Public Health Emergency determination for 2009 H1N1 Influenza expires on June 23, 2010.
View ArticleNew CDC Test to Detect Human Infections with the 2009 H1N1 Influenza Virus...
A test developed by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to diagnose human infections with the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus (formerly known as swine flu or pandemic H1N1 flu) was authorized...
View ArticleH1N1 Influenza Public Health Emergency Determination to Expire on June 23
H1N1 Influenza Public Health Emergency Determination to Expire on June 23
View ArticleNIH Scientists Advance Universal Flu Vaccine
A universal influenza vaccine - so-called because it could potentially provide protection from all flu strains for decades - may become a reality because of research led by scientists from the National...
View ArticleNIAID Grantees Use New Skin Patches to Deliver Flu Vaccine in Mice
For many years, researchers have been working to find a way to deliver flu vaccine - whose components are much larger than those of nicotine and hormones - using a transdermal (across the skin) patch.
View ArticlePrevention and Control of Influenza with Vaccines: Recommendations of the...
This report updates the 2009 recommendations by CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) regarding the use of influenza vaccine for the prevention and control of influenza.
View ArticleFDA Approves Vaccines for the 2010-2011 Influenza Season
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced today that it has approved vaccines for the 2010-2011 influenza season in the United States.
View ArticleWHO Updates International H1N1 Flu Situation
As of 1 August 2010, worldwide more than 214 countries and overseas territories or communities have reported laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 2009, including over 18449 deaths.
View ArticleRecommended Flu Vaccines for Different Age Groups
Recommended Flu Vaccines for Different Age Groups - U.S., 2010-11 Season
View ArticleQuestions and Answers: CSL Seasonal Influenza Vaccine Safety in the U.S.
CSL Seasonal Influenza Vaccine Safety in the United States
View ArticleWHO Recommendations for the Post-pandemic Period
The world is now in the post-pandemic period. Based on knowledge about past pandemics, the H1N1 (2009) virus is expected to continue to circulate as a seasonal virus for some years to come.
View ArticleWHO Director-General Statement
The world is no longer in phase 6 of influenza pandemic alert. We are now moving into the post-pandemic period. The new H1N1 virus has largely run its course.
View ArticleReview Calls for New Federal Approach to Medical Countermeasures
HHS Secretary releases review and recommendations driven by pandemic flu experience
View ArticleEstimating Seasonal Influenza-Associated Deaths in the U.S: CDC Study...
Estimating Seasonal Influenza-Associated Deaths in the United States: CDC Study Confirms Variability of Flu
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