February 24, 2009 Patient zero is said to be a 6-month-old girl from northern Mexico, according to Celia Alpuche of the Institute of Epidemiological Diagnosis and Reference in Mexico City. (Cohen J.

Emergency department visits and hospitalizations in 2009, when the H1N1 pandemic began, were roughly double the ED visits and hospitalizations in 2008, according to a statistical brief from the ...

Communications and messaging efforts during the response to 2009 H1N1 focused initially on minimizing transmission of the 2009 H1N1 virus, including measures such as hand-washing technique, proper ...

Previous research suggests Hispanic vaccination rates for H1N1 were similar to non-Hispanic whites. These previous estimates do not take into account nativity status. Using the 2010 National Health ...

emergency to prepare in case of a rapid increase in illness across the country. Obama signed the proclamation late Friday giving medical facilities more leeway to handle the surge in patients with the ...

CSL, MedImmune, Novartis, and Sanofi Pasteur will begin supply within the next four weeks. FDA has approved four vaccines against the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus. The vaccines are made by CSL, MedImmune ...

Six months later, Chan’s admonitions seem prescient. Rich countries’ hoards have become massive surpluses, and many nations are now trying frantically to cancel pending orders of vaccines or transfer ...

According to Dr. Tom Frieden, Director of the CDC, there is widespread H1N1 activity in 46 states. H1N1 influenza continues to be a disease primarily involving children and young adults. "Many ...