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• UPDATE: 2009 H1N1 Flu International Situation Update - This report provides an update to the international situation as of March 12, 2010. The World Health Organization (WHO) continues to report updated 2009 H1N1 flu-associated laboratory-confirmed cases and deaths on its Web page. (Source: CDC Swine Flu Updates)

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• UPDATE: CDC Estimates of 2009 H1N1 Influenza Cases, Hospitalizations and Deaths in the United States, April 2009 – February 13, 2010 - CDC has again updated its estimates of the total number of 2009 H1N1 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the United States since April, 2009. The new estimates incorporate an additional four weeks of flu data from the previous estimates released on February 12, 2010. (Source: CDC Swine Flu Updates)
• UPDATE: CDC Estimates of 2009 H1N1 Influenza Cases, Hospitalizations and Deaths in the United States, April 2009 - February 13, 2010 - CDC has again updated its estimates of the total number of 2009 H1N1 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the United States since April, 2009. The new estimates incorporate an additional four weeks of flu data from the previous estimates released on February 12, 2010. (Source: CDC Swine Flu Updates)
• UPDATE: Weekly FluView Map and Surveillance Report for Week Ending March 6, 2010 - During week 9 (February 28 – March 6, 2010), influenza activity remained at approximately the same levels as last week in the U.S. 174 (5.1%) specimens tested by U.S. World Health Organization (WHO) and National Respiratory and Enteric Virus Surveillance System (NREVSS) collaborating laboratories and reported to CDC/Influenza Division were positive for influenza. (Source: CDC Swine Flu Updates)
• UPDATE: Influenza and Pneumonia-Associated Hospitalizations and Deaths from August 30, 2009 to March 6, 2010 - FluView reports that for the week of February 21 – February 27, 2010, flu activity in the United States was relatively low, with most flu continuing to be caused by 2009 H1N1. Flu activity, caused by either 2009 H1N1 or seasonal flu viruses, may rise and fall, but is expected to continue for weeks. It’s possible that the United States could experience another wave of flu activity caused by either 2009 H1N1 or seasonal influenza. (Source: CDC Swine Flu Updates)

US Government Feed

• 2009 H1N1 Influenza and its Impact on People with Chronic Medical Conditions: Questions and Answers - The January 12, 2010 National Influenza Vaccination Week Webinar featured Dr. Nicole Lurie with the US Department of Health and Human Services; Dr. Anthony Fiore with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Dr. Otis Webb Brawley with American Cancer Society; Christine Tobin with American Diabetes Association; and Mary Partridge with the American Lung Association.
• Flu Print Materials Available in Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Hmong, Korean, Russian and Vietnamese - This year's flu materials include messaging to address both Seasonal and 2009 H1N1 flu (sometimes called "swine flu") recommendations.
• NIAID Study: Vaccinating Children against Flu Helps Protect Wider Community - Trial Results in Rural Canadians Show Effect of Herd Immunity
• CDC and American College Health Association Spring Break Vaccination Letter - Although flu activity has declined in recent weeks, 2009 H1N1 Influenza viruses continue to spread in the United States and abroad, causing illness, hospitalizations and even deaths.
• Weekly FluView Map and Surveillance Report for Week Ending Feb 27, 2010 - During week 8 (February 21-27, 2010), influenza activity remained at approximately the same levels as last week in the U.S.

UN Feed

• Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 - update 91 - As of 7 March 2010, worldwide more than 213 countries and overseas territories or communities have reported laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 2009, including at least 16713 deaths.
• Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 - update 90 - As of 28 February 2010, worldwide more than 213 countries and overseas territories or communities have reported laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 2009, including at least 16455 deaths.
• Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 - update 89 - As of 21 February 2010, worldwide more than 213 countries and overseas territories or communities have reported laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 2009, including at least 16226 deaths.
• Director-General statement following the seventh meeting of the Emergency Committee - The Emergency Committee held its seventh meeting by teleconference on 23 February 2010. The Director-General sought the Committee's views on the determination of the pandemic status.
• Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 - update 88 - As of 14 February 2010, worldwide more than 212 countries and overseas territories or communities have reported laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 2009, including at least 15921 deaths.

Medical News

• Kids' Flu Shots Stop Community Transmission - Vaccinating healthy kids effectively protects the entire community against flu, a prospective randomized trial affirmed.
• AAAAI: Egg Allergy No Bar to Flu Shot - NEW ORLEANS -- Most children with egg protein allergies who received influenza vaccinations had no adverse reactions, researchers said here.
• CDC Committee Urges Expanded Flu Vaccination - All people over the age of 6 months should get an annual influenza vaccination, a CDC committee said.
• WHO Says Add H1N1 to Next Season's Trivalent Vaccine - The trivalent influenza vaccine for the 2010-2011 flu season in the Northern Hemisphere should include the pandemic H1N1 strain, the World Health Organization recommended.
• Scant Support for Flu Vaccines in Older Patients - The practice of targeting influenza vaccine to older people has only poor-quality supporting evidence that fails to show a clear benefit or harm, authors of a systematic review concluded.