New simulations reveal that both H1N1 and COVID-19 spread across U.S. cities in a matter of weeks, often before officials realized what was happening. Major travel hubs helped drive rapid nationwide ...
A pandemic happens when a disease spreads across many different countries or continents, impacting a large number of people. When you think of a pandemic, COVID-19 probably comes to mind. However, in ...
In April 2009, a novel influenza A (H1N1) virus emerged in the United States with the key characteristics of a pandemic virus, and within weeks it had spread to every region in the country. 1 ...
If you're confused about the 2009 H1N1 "swine flu" virus, no wonder. There's a lot of conflicting information. The Centers for Disease Control tells us that the way this virus is spreading is ...
While the Northern Hemisphere experiences the effects of the 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) virus, data from the recent influenza season in the Southern Hemisphere can provide important information ...
The effectiveness of this season’s flu vaccine in Canada is 40% against medically attended infection with influenza A (H3N2) ...
It was a year ago that the term H1N1 entered the American consciousness, stamped in 72-point tabloid type. In April 2009, researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) discovered ...
In tweets and other appearances, President Donald Trump has repeatedly compared his response to the new coronavirus with President Barack Obama’s handling of the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic. But ...
The Obama administration declared swine flu, or H1N1, a public health emergency six weeks before H1N1 was declared a pandemic. No H1N1 deaths had yet been recorded in the United States. Six months ...
The 2009 H1N1 “swine flu” epidemic killed up to 203,000 people across the globe -- a death toll 10 times greater than initially estimated by the World Health Organization, researchers say. In a study ...
We know how the flu is spread. We know the importance of getting a flu shot. But what we may not know is the difference between the strains, and how they are named. While a bit "inside biology" for ...
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