swine flu
Influenza – update 115
Friday, August 27th, 2010Worldwide, H1N1 2009 virus transmission remains most intense in parts of India and in parts of the temperate southern hemisphere, particularly New Zealand and more recently in Australia.
Public Health and Homelessness
Wednesday, August 25th, 2010Homelessness in the 21st century is an ongoing problem, increasing due to the country’s recent economic downturn, especially in urban areas. This video podcast discusses how homelessness impacts health and what public health professionals can do about it.
Tips to Reduce Your Risk of Getting a Salmonella Infection from Dry Pet Food
Tuesday, August 24th, 2010Salmonella is a germ, or type of bacteria, that’s commonly spread through contaminated food, water, or contact with infected animals. This includes pets like dogs and cats who can appear healthy, even when carrying these germs.
Influenza – update 114
Friday, August 20th, 2010The situation in New Zealand and India remains largely unchanged since the last update. Influenza H1N1 (2009) virus transmission remains locally intense in parts of India and New Zealand.
Tips to Reduce Your Risk of Salmonella from Eggs
Thursday, August 19th, 2010Eggs are one of nature’s most nutritious and economical foods, but you must take special care when handling and preparing fresh eggs and egg products to avoid food poisoning.
Influenza – update 113
Friday, August 13th, 2010Influenza H1N1 (2009) virus transmission remains locally intense in parts of India and New Zealand.
Director-General statement following the ninth meeting of the Emergency Committee
Tuesday, August 10th, 2010The Emergency Committee held its ninth meeting by teleconference on 10 August 2010.
WHO recommendations for the post-pandemic period
Tuesday, August 10th, 2010The 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. While the level of concern is now greatly diminished, vigilance on the part of national health authorities remains important. Such vigilance is [...]
Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 – update 112
Friday, August 6th, 2010As 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.
CDC Disease Detective Camp
Monday, August 2nd, 2010The CDC Disease Detective Camp gives rising high school juniors and seniors exposure to key aspects of the CDC, including basic epidemiology, infectious and chronic disease tracking, public health law, and outbreak investigations. The camp also helps students explore careers in public health.
Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 – update 111
Friday, July 30th, 2010As of 25 July 2010, worldwide more than 214 countries and overseas territories or communities have reported laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 2009, including over 18398 deaths.
Building the Capacity of the HIV Prevention Workforce
Thursday, July 29th, 2010This podcast provides an overview of CDC’s HIV prevention capacity building efforts with community-based organizations and health departments.
World Rabies Day 2010
Tuesday, July 27th, 2010In this podcast, Dr. Charles Rupprecht, Chief of the CDC’s Rabies Program, discusses rabies in the United States and globally.
Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 – update 110
Friday, July 23rd, 2010As of 18 July 2010, worldwide more than 214 countries and overseas territories or communities have reported laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 2009, including over 18366 deaths.
Monitoring patterns and levels of worldwide activity
Wednesday, July 21st, 2010As part of regular monitoring of H1N1 pandemic influenza, the WHO is in close dialogue with public health experts in countries worldwide, specifically to determine whether H1N1 activity has returned to levels and patterns normally seen for seasonal flu.
Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 – update 109
Friday, July 16th, 2010As of 12 July, worldwide more than 214 countries and overseas territories or communities have reported laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 2009, including over 18337deaths.
Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 – update 108
Friday, July 9th, 2010As of 4 July, worldwide more than 214 countries and overseas territories or communities have reported laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 2009, including over 18311 deaths.
Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 – update 107
Friday, July 2nd, 2010As of 27 June, worldwide more than 214 countries and overseas territories or communities have reported laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 2009, including over 18239 deaths.
Israeli pig-farming kibbutz draws religious ire
Monday, June 28th, 2010The BBC’s Heather Sharp visits a kibbutz in southern Israel, where pigs are raised for medical research and excess animals sold for meat, a controversial practice in the world’s only predominantly Jewish state.
Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 – update 106
Saturday, June 26th, 2010As of 20 June, worldwide more than 214 countries and overseas territories or communities have reported laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 2009, including over 18209 deaths.
Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 – update 105
Friday, June 18th, 2010As 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.
Blood Sugar & Fears
Monday, June 14th, 2010The video explores type 2 diabetes as a serious health threat and offers lifestyle changes that may help prevent or delay the disease.
Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 – update 104
Friday, June 11th, 2010As of 6 June, worldwide more than 214 countries and overseas territories or communities have reported laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 2009, including over 18156 deaths.
The international response to the influenza pandemic: WHO responds to the critics
Thursday, June 10th, 2010On Friday 4 June 2010, the BMJ, formerly British Medical Journal, and the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) simultaneously released reports critical of the World Health Organization’s handling of the H1N1 pandemic. WHO takes the issues and concerns that were raised seriously and wishes to set the record straight on several points.
WHO Director-General’s letter to BMJ editors
Tuesday, June 8th, 201008 June, 2010 — Dr Margaret Chan, Director-General of the WHO sent the following letter to the editors of the British Medical Journal (BMJ) in response to their article on conflicts of interest at the WHO.
Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 – update 103
Friday, June 4th, 2010As of 30 May, worldwide more than 214 countries and overseas territories or communities have reported laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 2009, including over 18138 deaths.
Director-General statement following the eighth meeting of the Emergency Committee
Thursday, June 3rd, 2010The Emergency Committee held its eighth meeting by teleconference on 1 June 2010.
Child flu jab trial results out
Friday, May 28th, 2010A trial of swine flu vaccines given to more than 900 children showed the jabs provided good protection against the virus.
Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 – update 102
Friday, May 28th, 2010As of 23 May, worldwide more than 214 countries and overseas territories or communities have reported laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 2009, including over 18114 deaths.
‘Reassuring’ chief medic stands down
Monday, May 24th, 2010Sir Liam Donaldson, England’s chief medical office looks back on his 12-year tenure.
Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 – update 101
Friday, May 21st, 2010As of 16 May, worldwide more than 214 countries and overseas territories or communities have reported laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 2009, including over 18097 deaths.
Public health worries over cuts
Thursday, May 20th, 2010Leading environmental health experts warn council cuts to their services could pose a risk to public health.
Institute of Medicine’s Report on Viral Hepatitis
Wednesday, May 19th, 2010In this podcast, Dr. John Ward, Director of CDC’s Division of Viral Hepatitis, discusses the 2010 report, Hepatitis and Liver Cancer: A National Strategy for Prevention and Control of Hepatitis B and C, from the Institute of Medicine.
Hepatitis in the United States
Tuesday, May 18th, 2010In this podcast, Dr. John Ward, Director of CDC’s Division of Viral Hepatitis, discusses the different types of viral hepatitis and how they can be prevented. He also describes how hepatitis is transmitted and treated.
Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 – update 100
Friday, May 14th, 2010As of 9 May, worldwide more than 214 countries and overseas territories or communities have reported laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 2009, including over 18036 deaths.
Mental Health of Survivors of the 2010 Haitian Earthquake Living in the United States
Wednesday, May 12th, 2010Thousands of survivors of the 2010 Haitian Earthquake are currently living in the United States. This podcast features a brief non-disease-specific interview with Dr. Marc Safran, CDC’s longest serving psychiatrist, about a few of the mental health challenges such survivors may face.
Costa Rica timeline
Wednesday, May 12th, 2010A chronology of key events
Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 – update 99
Wednesday, May 12th, 2010As of 2nd May, worldwide more than 214 countries and overseas territories or communities have reported laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 2009, including over 18001 deaths.
Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 – update 98
Wednesday, May 12th, 2010As of 25th of April, worldwide more than 214 countries and overseas territories or communities have reported laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 2009, including over 17919 deaths.
Travel insurance
Tuesday, April 27th, 2010Choosing cover after the volcanic ash disruption
Did the authrotities overreact to swine flu?
Tuesday, April 27th, 2010BBC Scotland’s health correspondent Eleanor Bradford looks back at the swine flu outbreak and asks if the authorities overreacted.
Swine flu cost in Wales revealed
Tuesday, April 27th, 2010Official figures show the swine flu outbreak cost Wales £35m, but the true cost to the NHS might be higher.
Health Focus: Swine flu aftermath
Tuesday, April 27th, 2010Health Focus: Haemophilia
Monday, April 26th, 2010Hand Hygiene Saves Lives: Patient Admission Video (Short Version)
Monday, April 26th, 2010This podcast is for hospital patients and visitors. It emphasizes two key points to help prevent infections: the importance of practicing hand hygiene while in the hospital, and that it’s appropriate to ask or remind healthcare providers to practice hand hygiene.
What the Scottish papers say
Monday, April 26th, 2010The stories making the headlines in Scotland’s newspapers.
Damned if they do – the aftermath of swine flu
Monday, April 26th, 2010This time last year swine flu was about to break as a potential global pandemic with the possibility of infecting millions and killing tens of thousands.
Swine flu bill ‘hard to justify’
Sunday, April 25th, 2010The vast amount of money spent on swine flu is difficult to justify, a spokesman for NI GPs argues.
Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 – update 97
Friday, April 23rd, 2010As of 18 April 2010, worldwide more than 214 countries and overseas territories or communities have reported laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 2009, including over 17853 deaths.
Boy died after swine flu mistake
Thursday, April 22nd, 2010A diabetic boy who was misdiagnosed with swine flu died as a result of natural causes aggravated by neglect, a coroner rules.
Neglect ‘a part’ of boy’s death
Thursday, April 22nd, 2010A boy who was misdiagnosed with swine flu died as a result of natural causes aggravated by neglect, a coroner rules.
What the Scottish papers say
Thursday, April 22nd, 2010The stories making the headlines in Scotland’s newspapers.
Woman died after flu phone help
Wednesday, April 21st, 2010A woman diagnosed with swine flu over the telephone died from Legionnaires’ disease days later, an inquest hears.
Swine flu girl ‘not given drugs’
Tuesday, April 20th, 2010A teenager who died after contracting swine flu was not given Tamiflu when she was admitted to hospital, an inquest hears.
Flu vaccine lifts Novartis profit
Tuesday, April 20th, 2010Profits at Swiss drugmaker Novartis rise by almost a third, boosted by sales of its flu vaccine during the swine flu pandemic.
Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 – update 96
Friday, April 16th, 2010As of 11 April 2010, worldwide more than 214 countries and overseas territories or communities have reported laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 2009, including over 17798 deaths.
Feeding Health: Thoughts on Healthy Food for a Healthy Planet
Thursday, April 15th, 2010In this podcast, Food Rules author Michael Pollan discusses American food culture and gives his thoughts on how food can impact human and environmental health.
Feeding Health: Michael Pollan on Improving Public Health through the Food Systems
Thursday, April 15th, 2010In this podcast, author Michael Pollan discusses his March 2009 visit to CDC and offers his thoughts on the intersection between the government, the food systems, and public health.
Binge Drinking
Tuesday, April 13th, 2010This podcast explores the health risks of binge drinking and discusses effective community strategies to prevent it.
Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 – update 95
Friday, April 9th, 2010As of 4 April 2010, worldwide more than 213 countries and overseas territories or communities have reported laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 2009, including over 17700 deaths.
Update on HPV Vaccine Recommendations for Pre-teens
Wednesday, April 7th, 2010In this podcast, Dr. Melinda Wharton discusses the differences between the two HPV vaccines licensed by the FDA and CDC recommendations for the vaccination of pre-teen girls and boys.
Today: Wednesday 7th April
Wednesday, April 7th, 2010The government has accepted that it cannot enact all its budget measures before parliament dissolves. And eating more fruit and vegetables only has a modest effect on protecting against cancer, a new study has found.
NHS left with 34m swine flu jabs
Tuesday, April 6th, 2010The NHS has been left sitting on more than 34m doses of swine flu vaccine despite agreeing deals to break its contracts.
Relief in Peru as Machu Picchu reopens
Saturday, April 3rd, 2010The reopening of Peru’s greatest archaeological site, Machu Picchu, is accompanied by relief, but also concern that the site is overburdened, as Dan Collyns reports.
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Too soon to know H1N1 vaccine total: U.S. official
Thursday, April 1st, 2010It is too soon to determine whether tens of thousands of doses of H1N1 swine flu vaccine may have to be thrown out if they are not used before their expiration date, a U.S. health official said on Thursday.
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