CDC Declares Public Health Emergency for Human Swine Influenza
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has declared a public health emergency for human swine flu. The emergency declaration in the U.S. lets the government free more money for antiviral drugs and testing supplies. There have been 20 reported cases of swine flu in the U.S. as of Sunday, April 26; none of these cases has resulted in death.
Below are some information resources that are updated frequently with swine flu outbreak and mitigation developments:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Resources
- CDC Swine Flu web page – This site is kept updated with recent facts and status on Swine Flu
- CDC Swine Flu Key Facts
- CDC Briefing on Swine Flu (April 24, 2009) – Transcript of the Press Briefing
- CDC Health Advisory (April 25, 2009)
- CDC Twitter feed – contains updates on the Swine Flu
- CDC Swine Flu RSS Feed – get regular updates on your feed reader
Additional U.S. Government Resources
- Medline Plus Swine Flu Information
- Environmental Health and Toxicology Links on Swine Flu (National Library of Medicine, Division of Specialized Information Services)
- PandemicFlu.gov – one-stop access to U.S. Government swine, avian, and pandemic flu information
- State Pandemic Plans (U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services)
NCBI Resources
- NCBI Influenza Virus Resource – Presents data obtained from the NIAID Influenza Genome Sequencing Project as well as from GenBank, combined with tools for flu sequence analysis and annotation. In addition, it provides links to other resources that contain flu sequences, publications and general information about flu viruses.
- Records about swine influenza at NCBI via Entrez
World Health Organization Resources
Mapping the Outbreak
Additional Resources
- CABI Swine Flu Dashboard
- DynaMed Clinical Summary on Swine Flu
- RSS Feeds
- Chart: Steps Required to Confirm Suspected Cases of Swine Flu (NYC Health Department)
- Understanding the Outbreak: An Influenza Biology Primer (ARS Technica)
- Some recent articles in the MMWR on swine flu in California:
- Update: Swine Influenza A (H1N1) Infections – California and Texas, April 2009 (MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2009 Apr 24; 58(Dispath); 1-3)
- Swine Influenza A (H1N1) infection in two children – Southern California, March-April 2009 (MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2009 Apr 24; 58(15):400-2)
Last updated: May 1, 2009
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