In 2009, the world met a new influenza virus that travelled faster than many public-health systems could track it. First detected in Mexico and the United States in April that year, the novel ...

Louie JK, Acosta M, Winter K, Jean C, et al. Factors associated with death or hospitalization due to pandemic 2009 influenza A (H1N1) infection in California JAMA. 2009;302:1896-1902.

In March and early April 2009, a new, swine-origin 2009-H1N1 influenza A virus (S-OIV) 2 emerged in Mexico and the United States. During the first few weeks of surveillance, the virus spread by ...

Communications and messaging efforts during the response to 2009 H1N1 focused initially on minimizing transmission of the 2009 H1N1 virus, including measures such as hand-washing technique, proper ...

Our most recent flu pandemic—2009’s H1N1 “swine flu”—was, in absolute terms, a public-health crisis. By scientists’ best estimates, roughly 200,000 to 300,000 people around the world died; countless ...

Thanks to its methodology and approach to health issues, the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) Strategy has been able to support a reduction in several illnesses that are prevalent in ...

From Delhi to Bengaluru and Gujarat, H1N1 influenza cases are rising across India, putting seasonal flu back in the spotlight. Delhi had recorded 1,449 H1N1 cases by August 12, more than six times the ...

According to Dr. Tom Frieden, Director of the CDC, there is widespread H1N1 activity in 46 states. H1N1 influenza continues to be a disease primarily involving children and young adults. "Many ...