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- NEWS: US has most deaths and infections from H1N1 in world- HHS announces additional $1bill for vaccine http://snipurl.com/n4vraabout 16 hours ago from web
- STUDY: Dengue fever present in 20 states in US, numbers predicted to rise with warm temperatures http://snipurl.com/n4w7qabout 16 hours ago from web
- NEWS: Obesity a new-found risk factor for severe H1N1 infection http://snipurl.com/n4wk3about 16 hours ago from web
- Flu summit: Check out the HHS news release on the summit: http://snipurl.com/mfrdu #09fs8:23 AM Jul 9th from web
- School prep: consider surges of kids in small nurse offices, edu. activities at home if schools close, contacting parents for pick-up8:09 AM Jul 9th from web
- Sec. HHS: money for H1N1 will be available by end of July. information on the H1N1 money can be found at grant.gov7:02 AM Jul 9th from web
- Secretary Education: school closings will be made on a school-by-school basis, not by school district6:59 AM Jul 9th from web
- Secretary Education: H1N1 closed 726 schools, affecting about 5,000 children in the spring6:53 AM Jul 9th from web
- Secretary DHS: major issue with school closings due to H1N1 since many kids get free lunch and breakfast- how do we feed them?6:45 AM Jul 9th from web
- President Obama from Italy: "we are way ahead of other countries in terms of our planning. We can mitigate the affects by working together"6:39 AM Jul 9th from web
- Watch live with us at www.flu.gov6:23 AM Jul 9th from web
- Secretary HHS: $260mil to state health depts, $90mil to hospitals to handle a surge6:21 AM Jul 9th from web
- Secretary HHS: 4 pillars of preparedness: medical surveillance, community mitigation, vaccination, and communication6:19 AM Jul 9th from web
- Secretary HHS: School-aged kids, pregnant women, non-senior adults with underlying conditions, health workers exposed to H1H1 are priority6:18 AM Jul 9th from web
- Secretary HHS: Current estimate- initial distribution of vaccine will be mid October, order of target groups still under discussion6:16 AM Jul 9th from web
- CDC Director: People infected with asthma far more likely to be hospitalized if infected with H1N15:57 AM Jul 9th from web
- CDC Director: H1N1 has proved to have a 2% fatality rate thus far5:57 AM Jul 9th from web
- CDC Director: 2/3 of people infected with H1N1 in the US have one or more underlying health condition5:54 AM Jul 9th from web
- Watch live with us at http://flu.gov/videoflusumm...5:50 AM Jul 9th from web
- We're tweeting live now on the 2009 Flu Summit at the National Institute of Health. Join us!5:39 AM Jul 9th from web
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- Bio APHA's Get Ready campaign is helping Americans prepare for all health hazards, including pan flu, infectious diseases, disasters and other health emergencies.
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