Brazil | 25 April 2012 O ministro da Saúde, Alexandre Padilha, e o secretário de Vigilância em Saúde, Jarbas Barbosa, concedem entrevista à imprensa nesta terça-feira (24) para anunciar o lançamento da 14ª Campanha Nacional de Vacinação contra a gripe. A campanha será realizada pelo Ministério da Saúde, em parceria com as secretarias estaduais...
Posts Tagged ‘ influenza ’
Delaware | First anti-viral resistant flu case identified for 2011-2012 season
New Castle DE | 20120402 Delaware’s Division of Public Health (DPH) identified an antiviral-resistant influenza case on March 19 in a 1-year-old child from New Castle County. The child was hospitalized and has fully recovered. This is Delaware’s first known case of influenza resistant to oseltamivir (brand name Tamiflu) for the current flu season....
Tasmania | Protect yourself from flu this winter
Tasmania } 27 March 2012 Tasmanians are urged to protect themselves and their loved ones from flu by having a vaccination ahead of the winter influenza season. Director of Public Health Dr Roscoe Taylor said the seasonal flu vaccine is now available to help protect against three flu viruses expected to be the most...
Arizona | Flu widespread across the state
Phoenix | 25 March 2012 The flu has arrived yet again in Arizona, and the epidemic is statewide. After a quiet winter, the beginning of spring finds influenza in 14 of the 15 counties. Fortunately, an annual flu shot is a good match for the virus. That means if you haven’t been vaccinated and...
European Union | ECDC communicable disease threats report (CDTR) week 9: measles and influenza activity in focus
European Union | 8 March 2012 During Week 9, 26 February to 3 March 2012, ECDC monitored two public health threats across the European Union (EU). Latvia reported three cases of measles in the past week, adding to the ongoing outbreaks in several areas in the United Kingdom and in Alicante and Valencia, Spain...
France | Point sur la grippe saisonniere
France | 8 mars 2012 L’Institut de Veille Sanitaire (InVS) publie aujourd’hui son bulletin hebdomadaire sur la grippe. Les dernières données montrent un taux d’incidence qui s’élève à 486 cas pour 100 000 habitants du 27 février au 4 mars 2012. Le pic épidémique est probablement atteint cette semaine, ce qui devra être confirmé...
China | Surge at ERs due to spike in influenza cases in Hong Kong
Hong Kong | 8 March 2012 The following is issued on behalf of the Hospital Authority: Due to the peak influenza season and the cooler weather expected in the next few days, a series of contingent measures have been implemented in public hospitals to cope with a surge in hospital admission and attendance in...
Northern Territory | Vaccination the best defence against seasonal flu
NT | 5 March 2012 Put influenza vaccination at the top of your “To Do” list – that’s the call from the Northern Territory Health Department as it encourages people to protect themselves against the flu. “The Territory often has a surge of flu in April and May before it hits the southern states,...
North Carolina | First reported child flu fatality for 2011-12 season
NC | 21 Feb 2012 North Carolina has reported its first child death from flu for the 2011-2012 flu season. A six-year old died on Feb. 4 of complications from an influenza infection. (To protect the family’s privacy, the youth’s hometown, county and sex are not being released.) The child was at risk for...
Ireland | HPSC urges at risk groups to get vaccinated against flu as cases almost double in a week
Dublin | 17 Feb 2012 The HSE Health Protection Surveillance Centre today (Thursday) urged people in high-risk groups to get vaccinated against influenza, as the number of reported cases of influenza-like illness (ILI) in Ireland has almost doubled in the past week. ILI rates have risen from 15.7 per 100,000 to 26.2 per 100,000...
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