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Tag: Swine Flu
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Nation & World
After 9/11, health lessons ignored
The public health lessons of 9/11 and subsequent anthrax attacks haven’t been learned, said Pulitzer Prize-winning author Laurie Garrett during a talk at the Harvard School of Public Health.
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Nation & World
New Group Helps US Monitor Swine Flu Shot Safety
WASHINGTON (AP) — Independent health advisers begin monitoring safety of the swine flu vaccine on Monday, an extra step the government promised in this year’s unprecedented program to watch for possible side effects… ”Given the rapidity with which this particular vaccine was rolled out, there seems to be an extra-special obligation to make sure things…
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Nation & World
Swine Flu Hit Millions in Spring, Agency Says
There were 1.8 million to 5.7 million cases of swine flu in the country during the epidemic’s first spring wave, according to a new estimate from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released Thursday… From 9,000 to 21,000 people were hospitalized as a result, and up to 800 died from April to July, when…
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Nation & World
Lipsitch catches the flu in action
Harvard School of Public Health Epidemiology Professor Marc Lipsitch is helping the government plan its response to H1N1 flu.
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Nation & World
HSPH dean evaluates H1N1 response, lessons learned
Health officials learned enough during the spring’s first wave of swine flu to be confident about managing this fall’s expected second wave, despite a “sense of uneasiness” that hangs over the coming flu season, Harvard School of Public Health Dean Julio Frenk.
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Nation & World
University fine-tunes response plan for H1N1
University officials, building on lessons learned after a cluster of H1N1 cases was identified at the Dental School last spring, are fine-tuning plans to respond to any “swine flu” cases that appear on campus this fall.