Chief Medical Officer Mobilises GPs To Support Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 Influenza Vaccinations (Medical News Today)
Monday, February 8th, 2010Australia’s Chief Medical Officer, Professor Jim Bishop, is calling on GPs to promote vaccination against the pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza to their patients before the flu season begins in Australia . Professor Bishop has enlisted the support of his GP Roundtable, which includes representatives of the AMA, RACGP and the GP Network and he is writing to all GPs in Australia to ask them to …
Cold & Flu Survival Toolkit - Remedies From My Home To Yours
Friday, November 6th, 2009All the tips and tools we use in our home to survive cold & flu season. Some you’ve tried and some will likely be new. See what works for you.
Going With The Overflow
Saturday, September 12th, 2009# 3723 Every winter, seasonal influenza sends hundreds of thousands of Americans to Emergency Rooms (ERs) around the country. And every flu season, ERs and hospitals and ICU’s are stressed – sometimes to the breaking point – with this influx of flu patients. This year, with a novel influenza virus circulating, hospitals fear that unprecedented numbers of people will show up at ERs – the sick, and the worried well – looking for treatment and/or reassurance.
California healthcare officials racing to prepare for flu season
Friday, September 4th, 2009Health officials are expressing concerns about California’s preparedness for the upcoming flu season, in which an already strained healthcare system will have to cope with seasonal influenza as well as the swine flu. The California Department of Public Health on Thursday warned that as many as one in four Californians may be sickened this year by swine flu, officially known as the H1N1 strain. Officials are racing to prepare for what is expected to be a large increase in the number of people
Tom Nolan: swine flu forecast
Friday, July 17th, 2009Yesterday was a busy day for swine flu in the UK. First we learnt that 65,000 people could die from it in the UK if the government’s worst case scenario predictions come true. That’s three times more than the excess deaths during the 1999/2000 winter flu season and double the number in the two previous global pandemics in 1957-8 and 1968-9. We also learnt the latest hospitalisation and mortality figures. On July 14th there were 652 patients hospitalised with suspected influenza in England.