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  1. NEWS: US has most deaths and infections from H1N1 in world- HHS announces additional $1bill for vaccine http://snipurl.com/n4vra
  2. STUDY: Dengue fever present in 20 states in US, numbers predicted to rise with warm temperatures http://snipurl.com/n4w7q
  3. NEWS: Obesity a new-found risk factor for severe H1N1 infection http://snipurl.com/n4wk3
  4. Flu summit: Check out the HHS news release on the summit: http://snipurl.com/mfrdu #09fs
  5. School prep: consider surges of kids in small nurse offices, edu. activities at home if schools close, contacting parents for pick-up
  6. Sec. HHS: money for H1N1 will be available by end of July. information on the H1N1 money can be found at grant.gov
  7. Secretary Education: school closings will be made on a school-by-school basis, not by school district
  8. Secretary Education: H1N1 closed 726 schools, affecting about 5,000 children in the spring
  9. Secretary DHS: major issue with school closings due to H1N1 since many kids get free lunch and breakfast- how do we feed them?
  10. President Obama from Italy: "we are way ahead of other countries in terms of our planning. We can mitigate the affects by working together"
  11. Watch live with us at www.flu.gov
  12. Secretary HHS: $260mil to state health depts, $90mil to hospitals to handle a surge
  13. Secretary HHS: 4 pillars of preparedness: medical surveillance, community mitigation, vaccination, and communication
  14. Secretary HHS: School-aged kids, pregnant women, non-senior adults with underlying conditions, health workers exposed to H1H1 are priority
  15. Secretary HHS: Current estimate- initial distribution of vaccine will be mid October, order of target groups still under discussion
  16. CDC Director: People infected with asthma far more likely to be hospitalized if infected with H1N1
  17. CDC Director: H1N1 has proved to have a 2% fatality rate thus far
  18. CDC Director: 2/3 of people infected with H1N1 in the US have one or more underlying health condition
  19. Watch live with us at http://flu.gov/videoflusumm...
  20. We're tweeting live now on the 2009 Flu Summit at the National Institute of Health. Join us!