UPDATED: Antiviral Drugs for the 2009-2010 Influenza Season

Published Dec. 28, 2009 at 1:00 p.m.

This podcast discusses the use of antiviral drugs for the treatment and prevention of influenza, including 2009 H1N1, during the 2009-2010 influenza season ...

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UPDATE: Updated Interim Recommendations for the Use of Antiviral Medications in the Treatment and Prevention of Influenza for the 2009-2010 Season

Published Dec. 8, 2009 at 4:18 p.m.

Information regarding use of intravenous peramivir under anemergency use authorization. Information on availability of renal dosingfor peramivir. Updated oseltamivir dosing instructions for childrenyounger than 1 year of age based on weight ...

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Update: General Business and Workplace Guidance for the Prevention of Novel Influenza A (H1N1) Flu in Workers

Published Aug. 10, 2009 at 10:15 a.m.

This guidance is to help employers with employees in OSHA's Lower Risk (Caution) Zone: those employees who have minimal occupational contact with the general public and other coworkers (for example, office employees) ...

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Update: Interim Recommendations for the Use of Antiviral Medications in the Treatment and Prevention of Influenza for the 2009-2010 Season

Published Sept. 22, 2009 at 2:00 p.m.

Includes updated guidance on the use of antiviral agents for treatment and chemoprophylaxis of influenza including 2009 H1N1 influenza infection and seasonal influenza ...

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Questions and Answers Use of Antiviral Medicines for the Treatment and Prevention of Flu among Pregnant Women for the 2009–2010 Season

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Published Sept. 25, 2009 at 1:00 p.m.

Pregnant women who are healthy have had severe illness from the 2009 H1N1 flu (also called "swine flu"). Compared with people in general, pregnant women with 2009 H1N1 flu have been more likely to be admitted to hospitals. Some pregnant women have died ... For this reason, CDC advises doctors to give antiviral medicines that treat 2009 H1N1 flu to pregnant women who have symptoms of flu ...

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Signs That Swine Flu Has Peaked in U.S.

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Published Nov. 20, 2009 at 5:36 p.m.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said flu activity was declining in all regions of the country ...

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New CDC numbers confirm that swine flu targets the young

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Published Nov. 13, 2009 at 3:00 a.m.
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The revised figures for H1N1 cases (22 million) and deaths (3,900) do not indicate a worsening pandemic. But they add to the evidence that those under age 65 are most susceptible ... At least 22 million Americans have contracted pandemic H1N1 influenza since the outbreak began in April and 3,900 have died, including about 540 children, according to new estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The numbers confirm what officials have been saying all along -- that swine flu is

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Podcast: Antiviral Drugs for the 2009-2010 Influenza Season

Published Oct. 19, 2009 at 3:25 p.m.

This podcast discusses the use of antiviral drugs for the treatment and prevention of influenza, including 2009 H1N1, during the 2009-2010 influenza season ...

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Questions and Answers: Prevention of Pneumococcal Infections Secondary to Seasonal and 2009 H1N1 Influenza

Published Oct. 23, 2009 at 4:30 p.m.

This update provides information about pneumococcal disease, including who is at high risk and needs to be vaccinated ...

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For Providers: Prevention of Pneumococcal Infections Secondary to Seasonal and 2009 H1N1 Influenza Viruses Infection

Published Oct. 23, 2009 at 5:00 p.m.

This update provides information about pneumococcal disease as a complication of influenza, including ACIP recommendations for pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine ...

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   This site was created to help deal with the H1N1 influenza flu pandemic. Flu preparation is important! You can have an immunization with the flu vaccine, you can have the flu shot; flu shots are good before you are showing flu symptoms, although the current trivalent influenza vaccine is unlikely to provide protection against the new 2009 H1N1 strain, vaccines against the new strain are being developed and could be ready as early as June 2009.

   According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in humans the symptoms of H1N1 swine flu are similar to those of influenza and of influenza-like illness in general. Symptoms include fever, cough, sore throat, body aches, headache, chills and fatigue. The 2009 outbreak has shown an increased percentage of patients reporting diarrhea and vomiting.

   Recommendations to prevent the spread of the virus among humans include using standard infection control against influenza. This includes frequent washing of hands with soap and water or with alcohol-based hand sanitizers, especially after being out in public.