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H1N1 News: Nov. 20, 2009
China’s Health Ministry said Thursday that it will punish officials who underreport H1N1 cases. Dr. Zhong Nanshan, director of Guangzhou’s Institute of Respiratory Diseases, told a local newspaper that he believed cases were being concealed in order to make local government efforts appear more successful. (11/20, AP)
Healthy children under five in England will receive the [...]
H1N1 News: Nov. 19, 2009
The WHO said today that the H1N1 vaccine is as safe as the seasonal flu vaccine. (11/19, Medscape Medical News)
The WHO’s representative in China acknowledges the country’s H1N1 outbreak is much larger than official numbers show. (11/19, AP)
Antiviral Treatment for Patients Hospitalized with 2009 Pandemic Influenza A (H1N1)
With the 2009 H1N1 pandemic well under way, many clinicians are providing care to patients with influenza. Previously, although antiviral treatment was recommended,1,2 clinicians may not always have prescribed it to patients hospitalized with seasonal influenza, perhaps because of a perception that antiviral treatment had limited benefit.
Rapid-Test Sensitivity for Novel Swine-Origin Influenza A (H1N1) Virus in Humans
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Rapid-Test Sensitivity for Novel Swine-Origin Influenza A (H1N1) Virus in Humans
C.C. Blyth, J.R. Iredell, and D.E. Dwyer
Rapid antigen tests, as compared with RT-PCR assays, had poor sensitivity to the 2009 influenza A (H1N1) virus in 21 patients with severe infection and acute lung injury that required mechanical ventilation.
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H1N1 News: Nov. 18, 2009
The federal government is working to reassure physicians who are skeptical of the H1N1 vaccine. (11/18, NPR)
H1N1 News: Nov. 17, 2009
Sens. Joe Lieberman and Susan Collins said in a letter to Kathleen Sebelius that the HHS sent a mixed message to the public about the H1N1 vaccine’s availability. (11/16, Reuters) The two senators will hold a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing Tuesday to discuss vaccine distribution.
New H1N1 Vaccine Approved in U.S.
The FDA has approved a fifth vaccine for 2009 H1N1 influenza for use in adults. GlaxoSmithKline says it expects to begin shipments in December.
H1N1 News: Nov. 16, 2009
Two patients with oseltamivir-resistant H1N1 in Scotland have fully recovered. (11/16, The Times, London)
Dr. Margaret Hamburg last week defended the FDA’s decision to not use adjuvanted H1N1 vaccines. (11/12, Reuters)
Rapid Influenza Test Helps Identify Low-Risk Febrile Infants
A positive rapid influenza test result predicted low risk for serious bacterial infection in febrile infants younger than 3 months. (more…)
ECMO for Patients with 2009 H1N1 Influenza and ARDS
In a study from New Zealand and Australia, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation was used largely in young adults, most of whom had good outcomes. (more…)
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