H1N1 flu news from FierceHealthcare
NewsH1N1 flu pandemic is over, World Health Organization announces
The 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic is officially over, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) International Health Regulations (IHR) Emergency Committee and WHO Director-General, Dr. Margaret Read more...
New York makes H1N1 vaccine available to all
New York's governor has asked providers to make the H1N1 vaccine available to all living there, rather than limiting access to a subset of high-risk groups. The governor said that this is a Read more...
H1N1 flu could overtax hospital bed capacity
If the spread of the H1N1 virus isn't contained well, and 35 percent of the population gets the flu, at least 15 states could run out of hospital beds as the pandemic peaks, according to a new Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: California may not have enough respirators to meet H1N1 safety rules
California has enacted some of the strictest laws in the U.S. requiring widespread use of N-95 respirators by healthcare workers. The problem is that the respirators, which are used to prevent the Read more...
Hospitals may limit visits to newborns due to H1N1 flu fears
As the H1N1 virus gathers strength for its encore in October, hospital officials are beginning to prepare for its onslaught. One way they're doing so is by limiting visitors to newborns, who are very Read more...
Study: H1N1 flu transmission varies by type of exposure
Folks, we don't mean for FierceHealthcare to become The Swine Flu Journal, but the following seemed like it would be of interest to any health professional charged with helping to contain the spread Read more...
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