Archive for August, 2009
Activity Update
· Each week CDC analyzes information about influenza disease activity in the United States and publishes findings of key flu indicators in a report called FluView.
· During the week of August 16-22, 2009, a review of these key indictors found that influenza activity remained stable or continued to decline in most areas of the [...]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Doctors are reporting a severe form of swine flu that goes straight to the lungs, causing severe illness in otherwise healthy young people and requiring expensive hospital treatment, the World Health Organization said on Friday.
Some countries are reporting that as many as 15 percent of patients infected with the new H1N1 pandemic [...]
Driving in a car with a smoker can expose you to secondhand-smoke levels as high or higher as those in a smoke-filled bar, and even rolling down the window or cranking up the AC doesn’t provide full protection, according to researchers.
Reuters reported Aug. 25 that researchers who measured nicotine levels with sensors installed on the front passenger-seat [...]
Survey Findings Provide Direction for Communication and Public Education Efforts
WASHINGTON – During the 2009 National Conference on Community Preparedness, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) released a new report Personal Preparedness in America: Findings from the 2009 Citizen Corps National Survey that offers comprehensive data on the public’s thoughts, perceptions, and behaviors related [...]
Officials report four blood types at or below a two-day supply
Officials of the Greater Alleghenies Region of American Red Cross Blood Services have renewed the organization’s push for additional blood donors to increase blood supplies before the Labor Day weekend.
“Overall donor turnout is increasing yet blood supplies remain well below five-day levels in [...]
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