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H1N1 Updates (09.11.2009)

Posted April 25th, 2009 in Health Policy, Personal Health

Please Check Back Daily As Updates Become Available … (see below for earlier updates)

*** FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2009 ***

Pandemic H1N1 Presentations:

Topics: epidemic, flu, Healthcare News and Updates, influenza, Mexico, Mexico City, pandemic, pig, pig flu, swine, swine flu, swine influenza

Seasonal Influenza

Posted October 6th, 2008 in Managing Your Practice, Personal Health

Each winter in the United States, seasonal flu imposes a heavy burden on society. About 5–20 percent of the population gets the flu, more than 200,000 people are hospitalized with complications, and about 36,000 people die. Consider this: For every person that dies of influenza each year, the cost to our society is between $1,019,536 (ages 0–19) and $74,146 (age 65+).

Topics: disease prevention, epidemic, flu, influenza, Public Health, virus

From Switzerland to San Diego to Hawaii

Posted September 11th, 2008 in Personal Health

 

In February 2008, the County of San Diego Immunization Branch investigated a measles outbreak that infected twelve children. None of the children infected with measles had been vaccinated - three because they were less than a year old and nine because their parents had chosen not to vaccinate their children against measles. The cases in this outbreak were just a fraction of the 103 cases of measles reported in the United States in the first five months of 2008.

Topics: County of San Diego, epidemic, Measles, outbreak, Public Health

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