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Archive for December 11th, 2009
MMWR: Deaths Related to 2009 Pandemic Influenza A (H1N1) Among American Indian/Alaska Natives — 12 States, 2009
Author: CDC H1N1 Flu Updates11 Dec
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) December 11, 2009 /Vol. 58/ No. 48 / p1341-1344
UPDATE: Weekly FluView Map and Surveillance Report for Week Ending December 5, 2009
Author: CDC H1N1 Flu Updates11 Dec
During the week of November 29-December 5, 2009, flu activity declined in the United States as reported in FluView. The number of states reporting widespread flu activity decreased from 25 to 14.
UPDATE: Influenza and Pneumonia-Associated Hospitalizations and Deaths from August 30 to December 5, 2009
Author: CDC H1N1 Flu Updates11 Dec
As of December 8, 2009, there have been 33,490 laboratory-confirmed influenza-associated hospitalizations and 1,445 deaths in the U.S. from August 30 to December 5, 2009.
NEW: In the News: Deaths related to 2009 H1N1 & American Indians and Alaskan Natives
Author: CDC H1N1 Flu Updates11 Dec
Questions and Answers on the 2009 H1N1 burden of mortality and American Indians and Alaska Natives.
Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 – update 78
Author: Pandemic (H1N1) 200911 Dec
As of 6 December 2009, worldwide more than 208 countries and overseas territories or communities have reported laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 2009, including at least 9596 deaths.
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