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google.org: Flu Trends

This tool, which "uses aggregated Google search data," claims "to estimate flu activity in your state up to two weeks faster than traditional flu surveillance systems." View data for the entire U.S. or by state, and download raw d ...

http://www.google.org/flutrends/

MedlinePlus: Flu

Collection of links to material about influenza (the flu), "a respiratory infection caused by a number of viruses." Provides overviews, news, journal articles, statistics, and pages on diagnosis, prevention, treatment, and related topics su ...

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/flu.html

Promising Practices: Pandemic Preparedness Tools

"This project aims to enhance public health preparedness for an influenza pandemic and conserve resources by sharing promising practices." Includes peer-reviewed materials for models of care (surge capacity and triage strategies), communica ...

http://pandemicpractices.org/

Enviro-Health Links: Swine Flu

Collection of links to all of the major information sources, national and international, about swine flu. Topics include federal response to the spring 2009 outbreak (such as information on antiviral medications and travel alerts), international reso ...

http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/enviro/swineflu.html

MedlinePlus: H1N1 Flu (Swine Flu)

Compilation of links to publications and websites about swine flu, which is "named for a virus that pigs can get. People do not normally get swine flu, but human infections can and do happen." Includes links to fact sheets, news, travel adv ...

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/h1n1fluswineflu.html

Swine Influenza (Flu)

Material about this "respiratory disease of pigs caused by type A influenza. ... In late March and early April 2009, cases of human infection with swine influenza A (H1N1) viruses were first reported in Southern California and near San Antonio, ...

http://www.cdc.gov/flu/swine/

Swine Influenza A Outbreak, Fort Dix, New Jersey, 1976

History of the "the novel A/New Jersey/76 (Hsw1N1) influenza virus [that] caused severe respiratory illness in 13 soldiers with 1 death at Fort Dix, New Jersey" in early 1976. Topics include outbreak investigation planning, case finding, an ...

http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol12no01/05-0965.htm

World Health Organization (WHO): Swine Influenza

The World Health Organization (WHO) "is coordinating the global response to human cases of swine influenza A (H1N1) [identified in April 2009] and monitoring the corresponding threat of an influenza pandemic. Information on this page tracks the ...

http://www.who.int/csr/disease/swineflu/en/

New Dog Flu Spreads in U.S., But Death Rate Is Low

September 2005 news article about how "a new, highly contagious respiratory virus thought to affect only the greyhound racing industry is now being detected in family dogs. ... Canine flu was first discovered last year after an unusual illness b ...

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/09/0927_050927_dog_flu.html

World Health Organization Fact Sheets: Influenza

World Health Organization (WHO) fact sheet on influenza, an illness "caused by a virus that attacks mainly the upper respiratory tract — the nose, throat and bronchi and rarely also the lungs." Provides information about recent pandemi ...

http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs211/en/

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