Use of influenza A (H1N1) 2009 monovalent vaccine. Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), 2009.
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Click here to visit the Internet Stroke Center at Washington University. This resource contains information for Patients & Families, Professionals & Students, as well as the Stroke Trials Registry and a Neurology Image Library.
Chief Science Officer Dr. Anne Schuchat answers parents questions about the 2009 H1N1 flu and the vaccine to protect against it. Children aged six months through 24 years are recommended to receive H1N1 flu vaccine. Learn more about it, and how you can protect your family with this vaccine.
Can vitamin D help prevent certain cancers and other diseases such as type 1 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and certain autoimmune and chronic diseases? To answer these questions and more, UCSD School of Medicine and GrassrootsHealth bring you this innovative series on vitamin D deficiency. Join nationally recognized experts as they discuss the latest research and its implications. In this program, Frank Garland, PhD, discusses vitamin D and the opportunity for prevention of diabetes.
Here’s an informative website on Swine Flu featuring videos, FAQ, Photo Gallery etc. Prevention tips and warning signs are also included.
Click here to listen to this free podcast from the National Academies (Washington DC).
“Options for Reducing Morbidity and Mortality in an Influenza Pandemic”
Arthur L. Reingold, MD
Professor and Head, Division of Epidemiology, Associate Dean for Research, UC Berkeley School of Public Health.
In a presentation prepared for an audience in Singapore but equally applicable globally, Dr. Reingold discusses influenza epidemics and pandemics, the role of pneumonia and secondary bacterial infections in influenza, as well as some of the challenges and opportunities in reducing morbidity and mortality.
Sponsors: Singapore College of Paediatrics & Child Health (President: A/Prof. LEE Bee Wah) and the Singapore Paediatrics Society (President: A/Prof. Daniel GOH).
Epidemiologists play an important role in assessing the health effects of natural and man-made disasters and in identifying the factors that contribute to these effects. Join Wayne Enanoria Ph.D., from UC Berkeley’s Center for Infectious Disease Preparedness, in this three-part series as he discusses key topics in disaster epidemiology. In this second program, epidemiologic inference of surveillance data is discussed.
