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The CDC’s Emerging Infections Diseases journal will publish in April a study (PDF file) examining household transmission of H1N1.
A study published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association suggests that vaccinating kids against H1N1 helps protect their entire community.
I have been thinking about systems and tools that could assist public media stations plan and launch websites in crisis scenarios. So I was intrigued when we came across a project using Google Sites to assist local governments to rapidly deploy websites in emergency situations.
I’ve been wondering for some time why seasonal flu is apparently being suppressed by H1N1. Much of the reporting I’ve seen notes the fact but doesn’t seem to get to the bottom of why it’s happening. Is that because doctors and public-health officials themselves aren’t sure? Are there at least plausible working theories?
The CDC has just released new numbers on H1N1 — estimates of cases, hospitalizations, and deaths from April 2009 to mid-January 2010.
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