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• March 12 - WHO Updates International H1N1 Flu Situation
  March 12 - WHO Updates International H1N1 Flu Situation
• March 12 - Weekly FluView Map and Surveillance Report for Week Ending March 6, 2010
  March 12 - Weekly FluView Map and Surveillance Report for Week Ending March 6, 2010
• 2009 H1N1 Influenza and its Impact on People with Chronic Medical Conditions: Questions and Answers
  The January 12, 2010 National Influenza Vaccination Week Webinar featured Dr. Nicole Lurie with the US Department of Health and Human Services; Dr. Anthony Fiore with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Dr. Otis Webb Brawley with American Cancer Society; Christine Tobin with American Diabetes Association; and Mary Partridge with the American Lung Ass […]
• Flu Print Materials Available in Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Hmong, Korean, Russian and Vietnamese
  This year's flu materials include messaging to address both Seasonal and 2009 H1N1 flu (sometimes called "swine flu") recommendations.
• NIAID Study: Vaccinating Children against Flu Helps Protect Wider Community
  Trial Results in Rural Canadians Show Effect of Herd Immunity
• CDC and American College Health Association Spring Break Vaccination Letter
  Although flu activity has declined in recent weeks, 2009 H1N1 Influenza viruses continue to spread in the United States and abroad, causing illness, hospitalizations and even deaths.
• Weekly FluView Map and Surveillance Report for Week Ending Feb 27, 2010
  During week 8 (February 21-27, 2010), influenza activity remained at approximately the same levels as last week in the U.S.
• WHO Updates International H1N1 Flu Situation
  As of 28 February 2010, worldwide more than 213 countries and overseas territories or communities have reported laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 2009, including at least 16455 deaths.
• CDC Estimates of 2009 H1N1 Influenza Cases, Hospitalizations and Deaths in the United States, April 2009 to January 16, 2010
  Estimating the number of individual flu cases in the United States is very challenging because many people with flu don't seek medical care and only a small number of those that do seek care are tested.
• FDA Issues Final Guidance to Boost Development of Cell-based Viral Vaccines
  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today issued final guidance to help manufacturers who are developing safe and effective cell-based viral vaccines to address emerging and pandemic threats.