Influenza Monitor, May 26, 2010 The most significant failure in the global public health response to pandemic H1N1 was the lack of sufficient vaccine supplies in time for the second wave of H1N1. According to reporting from the World Health Organization (WHO) H1N1 Influenza Vaccine Task Force, global influenza vaccine production continues to fall well [...]
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Influenza Monitor, May 25, 2010 With the passage of time, H1N1 has been quiet in the USA. No states have reported widespread or regional flu activity for five consecutive weeks. Doctor visits for Influenza-like Illness (ILI) are below baseline across all ten CDC regions. On the international front, H1N1 has receded across much of the [...]
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Influenza Monitor, March 29, 2010 From CDC’s most recent influenza surveillance report, week ending 20 March: “Elevated ILI was seen in Regions 4, 7 and 9. Region 4 is comprised of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. Region 7 is Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska. And Region 9 is Arizona, [...]
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Influenza Monitor, March 25, 2010 CDC is reporting ELEVATED influenza-like illness (ILI) activity in Region Four, which includes: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. “Region 4 led the nation at the beginning of the fall wave, which largely followed school openings.” Region 4 also had a higher number of case [...]
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Leafy Love Natural Products Marketplace | Mar. 04, 2010 Organic is also a growing trend in the tea market. “Organic specialty teas are one of the bright spots in our economy,” said Eric Ring, head of purchasing and production for Choice Organic Teas. “This section of the food [...]
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Healthy Monday: We’ve Got Garlic the green fork | Feb. 22, 2010 Wellness guru Dr. Andrew Weil calls garlic “one of the best general tonics for the healing system”. Those pungent, spicy little cloves reportedly have the ability to lower cholesterol levels and blood sugar, fight cardiovascular disease, [...]
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Taking the herbal supplement echinacea can cut your chances of catching a cold by more than half and shorten the duration of a cold by an average of 1.4 days, a new review of the research shows WebMD Health News | June 26, 2007 Researchers from the University of Connecticut combined findings from 14 previously [...]
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Study Prompts Critics to Warn of Therapies’ Risks Washington Post | Rob Stein, Dec. 12, 2008 More than one-third of adults and nearly 12 percent of children in the United States use alternatives to traditional medicine, according to a large federal survey released today that documents how [...]
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Background on Chile Earthquake USGS: Magnitude 8.8 – OFFSHORE MAULE, CHILE AMEMBASSY Santiago: Statement on February 27 Earthquake in Chile NOAA: Tsunami Warnings and Advisories PAHO: EOC Situation Report #3 – Damage and power shortages force suspension of H1N1 vaccinations
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Influenza Monitor, 25 Feb 2010 Recent article in CIDRAP reports that emergency room clinicians are noting an increase in influenza-like illnesses (ILI). Key excerpts are provided below. Emergency departments see rise in flu-like illness Feb 24, 2010 (CIDRAP News), Lisa Schnirring Staff Writer Some of the nation’s emergency departments are noting increases in flu-like illness [...]
Written on February 25, 2010 | Posted in
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