H1N1 in Healthcare Institutions

OSHA has announced that they will issue a compliance directive that will implement the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Interim Guidance on Infection Control Measures for the H1N1 2009 Influenza in healthcare settings. This is a first move from the offer a requirement posture for dealing H1N1.

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Influenza vaccines: Poor evidence for effectiveness in elder

Evidence for the safety and efficacy of influenza vaccines in the over-65s is poor, despite the fact that vaccination has been recommended for the prevention of influenza in older people for the past 40 years, according to a new review.

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Vietnam's Death Toll from A/H1N1 Flu Reaches 58

HANOI -- The Vietnamese Ministry of Health confirmed on Wednesday another fatal case of A/H1N1 flu, raising the nationwide number of flu deaths to 58. The confirmation was made during a weekly meeting on the nation's influenza A/H1N1 prevention and control.

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Flu Death Rate Above Epidemic Threshold in U.S. for 3 Weeks

HOUSTON -- The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported on Friday that the proportion of fatalities attributed to pneumonia and influenza (P&I) in the US remained over the epidemic threshold for three weeks after a short decline since the start of 2010.

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