Though U.S. officials hope to have enough of the H1N1 vaccine to distribute it to 120 million people, the Advisory Council on Immunization practices has recommended prioritizing vaccinations based on the scenario of having only 42…
With the benefit of a few weeks of perspective on the H1N1 outbreak, it’s possible to conclude that the some of the initial response qualifies as overreaction. Let’s start with the World Health Organization’s declaration…
The World Health Organization has declared the H1N1 outbreak a pandemic but has characterized it as “moderate in severity” and has not recommended any international travel restrictions. At a press conference this morning, WHO officials…
Japan is taking the threat of H1N1 very seriously, as evidenced by the new process arriving international flights must undergo. I experienced this first hand when I went to Japan a few weeks ago to…
As the evidence mounts that the H1N1 virus is beginning to stall out at as a “near pandemic” (currently WHO Level 5), what have we learned so far? First, although intense media coverage has sparked…
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