New Campaign Urges Flu Shots at Colleges

by NYT > Health A public service advertisement encouraging college students to get swine flu shots to prevent a third wave of the epidemic was released Thursday by the Department of Health and Human Services. (Source: NYT > Health)

Swine Flu on Decline, Health Officials Say

by Health News: CBSNews.com Flu Now Only Widespread in Four States, Falling From Seven in Past Week (Source: Health News: CBSNews.com)

Swine Flu on Decline, Health Officials Say

by Health News: CBSNews.com Flu Now Only Widespread in Four States, Falling From Seven in Past Week (Source: Health News: CBSNews.com)

Rapid diagnosis of swine-origin influenza A (H1N1) virus (S-OIV): useful or hype?

by Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine 48 (1): 1-5 (Source: Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine)

Nicola Sturgeon says swine flu is on decline despite 15% rise in cases in past week

by Scotsman.com News - Health THE number of people believed to have caught swine flu in Scotland rose by almost 15 per cent last week, figures revealed yesterday. (Source: Scotsman.com News - Health)

Health preview of 2010

by Swine Flu Spending could dominate debates over health - especially in an election year.

Year in Review: 10 Health Happenings of 2009

by U.S. News - Health From the push for health reform to the battle against pandemic swine flu, 2009 was a busy year. (Source: U.S. News - Health)

Health preview of 2010

by The Telegraph : Swine Flu A H1N1 Spending could dominate debates over health - especially in an election year. (Source: The Telegraph : Swine Flu A H1N1)

Swine flu less contagious than other pandemic strains

by USATODAY.com Health How contagious is swine flu? Less than the novel viruses that have caused big world outbreaks in the past, new research suggests. (Source: USATODAY.com Health)

UPDATED: Laboratory Confirmed Influenza-Associated Hospitalizations and Deaths from August 30 to December 26, 2009

by CDC Swine Flu Updates Overall flu activity decreased slightly in the United States during the week of December 20-26, 2009, as reported in FluView. The number of states reporting widespread flu activity decreased from 7 to 4. to doctors for influenza-like illness increased, although the proportion of tests for influenza that were positive continued to decline and the overall hospitalization rates for this season were unchanged from the previous week. Flu-associated deaths among all ages increased from the previous week, but fewer deaths in children were reported compared to the prior week (4 versus 9). Flu is unpredictable and activity can rise and fall throughout the season, but flu is likely to continue for months, caused by either 2009 H1N1 viruses or regular seasonal flu viruses. (Source: CDC Swine Flu Upda...

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