Swine Flu Updates - 7/1//2009

"Origins and evolutionary genomics of the 2009 swine-origin H1N1 influenza A epidemic" by Smith GJ, et al. Nature 2009, June 11. This article (PubMed ID: 19516283) was selected for Faculty of 1000 Biology by reviewer Steven Salzberg. (7/1/2009)

On June 11, the World Health Organization declared a swine flu pandemic of moderate severity.

Lancet has established an information website on the H1N1 flu outbreak, pulling together publications from across the entire range of Science Direct publications. There is free content as well as articles from subscription-only journals.

Swine Flu was the topic of Medical Grandrounds on Wednesday, April 29, 2009 and a video now is available on Medicine Grandrounds.

SHC and LPCH have staff advisories on their intranets. Search the intranets for "swine" to find additional protocols and information.

Stanford University has established a swine-flu website to inform students, faculty, and staff about measures being taken to try to prevent an outbreak on campus. There is also information about the university's overall plan for dealing with pandemic influenza of any type.

The CDC Swine Influenza website provides authoritative information about the spread of swine flu, its occurrence in the United States, and recommended precautions.

CDC's Traveler's Health provides additional information; the travel advisory has been lifted for those traveling to Mexico.

AHRQ has published tools and resources on influenza preparedness.

LaneConnex News page links to many sources of up-to-the-minute news, including Reuters, BBC, and more.

For the public, MedlinePlus provides relevant information.

The National Library of Medicine's Emergency Response and Preparedness Toolkit links to a variety of information sources, including Health Alert maps and CDC.

The CDC's Pandemic Flu website offers information about general precautions, use of facemasks, and more.

To keep up with the very latest changes, subscribe to Twitter or RSS updates on many of these sites.

Posted on April 27, 2009 11:01 AM

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