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After the H1N1 virus first emerged in April, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued guidelines that restricted use of the limited supply to high-risk groups that were at greater risk of contracting the flu or suffering serious complications from it. … The clinics also are open to people ages 25 and older with chronic health conditions such as asthma or diabetes that put them at higher risk of medical complications from influenza . …

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H1N1 vaccine access opened – Daily Health Tips, Healthy Tips

LOS ANGELES — The likelihood of a third wave of pandemic H1N1 influenza appears to be declining as all indicators of H1N1 flu activity remain low throughout the country, according to new data released Friday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. ‘Nobody can say for sure that we are totally out of the woods, but the further we go into spring and summer, the less likely we are to see …

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H1N1 threat still low nationwide, CDC says (Pioneer Press)

Mar 17, 2010 (CIDRAP News) – Severe obesity makes it almost five times more likely that adults infected with the H1N1 pandemic influenza virus will be ill enough to be hospitalized, and also more likely that they will die under certain conditions, according to new research by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

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Severe obesity raises risk of poor H1N1 outcome (Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy)

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is evaluating the hard lessons learned during the H1N1 flu pandemic. While it may not be over, health experts are looking ahead to next season.

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CDC Assesses The Hard Lessons Of H1N1 (WCCO Minneapolis – St. Paul)

The Influenza Division at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) countered that global H1N1 data do not show a clear association between the mutation and severe illness, and that the mutation proved fatal in three of …

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H1N1 in Transition: La persistance de dénouements – influenza monitor

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has awarded Abt Associates two new contracts to evaluate the effectiveness of the H1N1 vaccine among health care workers and children under the age of 18.

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Abt Associates receives two new contracts to evaluate effectiveness of H1N1 vaccine (News-Medical-Net)

The flu bug has been laying low in Minnesota. Generally speaking, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Minnesota’s outbreaks of both seasonal and H1N1 flu are sporadic.

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Seasonal, H1N1 Flu Laying Low In Minn. (WCCO Minneapolis – St. Paul)

More than 57 million Americans have become ill from the H1N1 influenza virus and nearly 11,700 have died, according to estimates released Friday by the Centers f or Disease Control and Prevention….

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Swine flu still not an apocalypse

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, most of the cases of flu in the United States during the past few weeks continue to be caused by the H1N1 virus.

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New Germ-Killing Spray Fights H1N1 (FOX 10 Phoenix)

Stephen C. Redd, Director of the Influenza Coordination Unit with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC); … o quickly adjust to unexpected changes in the course of the virus….The Crash of the Pandemic Wave: The Public Health Response to the H1N1 Influenza Virus T…

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Collaboration and Cooperation: Keys to a Successful H1N1 Response