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CDC Health Advisory: Variant Influenza Virus (H3N2v) Infections
This Health Alert Network Health Advisory provides an update on H3N2 variant virus (or “H3N2v”) activity and summarizes CDC’s updated H3N2v case definitions and recommendations for H3N2v surveillance for the summer and fall of 2013. It supersedes the last H3N2v-related HAN Health Advisory, HAN 325, which was issued August 3, 2012. (Source: PandemicFlu.gov RSS Feed for News Releases)
Source: PandemicFlu.gov RSS Feed for News Releases - July 5, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Flu in Pregnancy may Quadruple Child ’s Risk for Bipolar Disorder
Pregnant mothers ’ exposure to the flu was associated with a nearly fourfold increased risk that their child would develop bipolar disorder in adulthood, in a study funded by the National Institutes of Health. (Source: PandemicFlu.gov RSS Feed for News Releases)
Source: PandemicFlu.gov RSS Feed for News Releases - May 14, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: news

H7N9 Situation and CDC Response Update
Sporadic human cases of infection with avian influenza A (H7N9) continue to be reported in China, but the increase in case counts has fallen off from the month of April, when multiple cases were being reported each day. (Source: PandemicFlu.gov RSS Feed for News Releases)
Source: PandemicFlu.gov RSS Feed for News Releases - May 10, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: news

New Study by Chinese and CDC Experts Shows H7N9 Illness Uncommon in China
A study by CDC and Chinese public health experts published on May 8, 2013, indicates that human infections with the H7N9 virus remain very rare in China among people seeking medical care for influenza-like illness (ILI). (Source: PandemicFlu.gov RSS Feed for News Releases)
Source: PandemicFlu.gov RSS Feed for News Releases - May 9, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: news

NIH-Supported Researchers Glean Clues from H7N9 Influenza Genetic Sequences
The novel H7N9 avian influenza virus that has caused illness and death of people in China in recent weeks has characteristics known to cause severe disease in mammals, including people, but it is premature to predict its potential for causing an influenza pandemic, according to researchers in the United States and Japan who evaluated the virus’ genetic sequences. (Source: PandemicFlu.gov RSS Feed for News Releases)
Source: PandemicFlu.gov RSS Feed for News Releases - April 18, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: news

HHS Awards Contract for Advanced Development of Novel Flu Treatment
A new drug to help address the growing problem of antiviral drug resistance and add to the tools available to fight pandemic and seasonal influenza will be developed under a contract awarded today by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (Source: PandemicFlu.gov RSS Feed for News Releases)
Source: PandemicFlu.gov RSS Feed for News Releases - February 28, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: news

CDC Reports More Cases, Hospitalizations and Nation ’s First H3N2v-Associated Death
Today, CDC is reporting 12 additional cases of H3N2 variant virus (H3N2v) infection, as well as the first H3N2v-associated death, which was reported by the state of Ohio. (Source: PandemicFlu.gov RSS Feed for News Releases)
Source: PandemicFlu.gov RSS Feed for News Releases - August 31, 2012 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Final Estimates for 2009 –10 Seasonal Influenza and Influenza A (H1N1) 2009 Monovalent Vaccination Coverage – U.S., August, 2009 through May, 2010
Because the novel influenza A (H1N1) virus [2009 influenza A (H1N1)] was identified in April 2009, two separate influenza vaccines were distributed in the United States in 2009 –2010: a seasonal vaccine and an influenza A (H1N1) 2009 monovalent vaccine (2009 H1N1 vaccine). (Source: PandemicFlu.gov RSS Feed for News Releases)
Source: PandemicFlu.gov RSS Feed for News Releases - October 7, 2010 Category: American Health Source Type: news

HHS Boosts National Capacity to Produce Pandemic Flu Vaccine
To boost the nation’s ability to manufacture influenza vaccine quickly in a pandemic, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services today established a fill and finish manufacturing network, which will cover the final steps in the vaccine manufacturing process. (Source: PandemicFlu.gov RSS Feed for News Releases)
Source: PandemicFlu.gov RSS Feed for News Releases - September 29, 2010 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Flu in Pregnancy may Quadruple Child’s Risk for Bipolar Disorder
Pregnant mothers’ exposure to the flu was associated with a nearly fourfold increased risk that their child would develop bipolar disorder in adulthood, in a study funded by the National Institutes of Health. (Source: PandemicFlu.gov RSS Feed for News Releases)
Source: PandemicFlu.gov RSS Feed for News Releases - September 29, 2010 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Statement from Assistant Secretary Nicole Lurie on FDA approval of new influenza vaccine manufactured with novel technology
Our nation has reached a landmark in influenza vaccine history with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s approval of a new seasonal flu vaccine, called Flublok, made with novel technology. (Source: PandemicFlu.gov RSS Feed for News Releases)
Source: PandemicFlu.gov RSS Feed for News Releases - September 29, 2010 Category: American Health Source Type: news

C ó mo limpiar y desinfectar las escuelas para ayudar a disminuir la propagaci ó n de la influenza
La limpieza y la desinfecci ó n son parte de una amplia estrategia para prevenir las enfermedades infecciosas en las escuelas. Para ayudar a disminuir la propagaci ó n de la influenza (gripe), la primera l � í nea de defensa es la vacunaci ó n. Otras medidas comprenden cubrirse la nariz y la boca al toser o estornudar, lavarse las manos y mantener a las personas enfermas alejadas de las sanas. (Source: PandemicFlu.gov RSS Feed for News Releases)
Source: PandemicFlu.gov RSS Feed for News Releases - September 8, 2010 Category: American Health Source Type: news