North Carolina 
North Carolina: ‘Big box’ retailers approved for direct shipments of H1N1 vaccine(0)
Raleigh NC–As part of a nationwide initiative to improve vaccination rates against 2009 H1N1 virus, retail pharmacy chains and retail-based medical clinics across North Carolina are now able to get H1N1 vaccine directly from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
State Health Director Jeffrey Engel said he and health directors from [...]
North Carolina: Voluntary recall of H1N1 vaccine involves 18,000 doses in state
Raleigh NC–The North Carolina Division of Public Health is in the process of contacting 132 health care providers who received H1N1 pediatric vaccine from four lots that were voluntarily recalled today by the manufacturer, Sanofi Pasteur, Inc. North Carolina received 17,900 doses of the about 800,000 doses impacted by this recall. These vaccinations were [...]
North Carolina: State’s public health tops in preparedness
Raleigh NC–North Carolina and six other states today received the country’s highest public health readiness ratings issued by the Trust for America’s Health (TFAH) and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF). North Carolina – along with Arkansas, Delaware, New York, Oklahoma, Texas, and Vermont – are shown as having met nine of the 10 [...]
North Carolina: State public health officials work with Duke Medical Center to assess extent of antiviral-resistant H1N1 flu strain
Raleigh NC–The North Carolina Division of Public Health (DPH) is working with the CDC and Duke University Medical Center to investigate a cluster of four patients infected with oseltamivir-resistant 2009 H1N1 influenza virus. Antiviral resistance was confirmed by the laboratory at CDC Monday night.
The four patients were diagnosed with flu during October and [...]
