10,000 try state flu-shot drill (Denver Post)
Later flu pandemics were not so devastating. They included the 1957 Asian Flu (type A, H2N2 strain) and the 1968 Hong Kong Flu (type A, H3N2 strain), but even these smaller outbreaks killed millions of people. In later pandemics antibiotics were available to control secondary infections and this may have helped reduce mortality compared to the Spanish Flu of 1918.
10,000 try state flu-shot drill (Denver Post)
Forty-five minutes after the first needle was plunged into a Coloradan's arm Saturday, more than 6,000 people statewide had received flu shots in a drill to prepare for a large- scale flu outbreak.
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Cleland talks on flu epidemic at county Historical Society dinner (The Bradford Era)
SMETHPORT — The 1918 flu epidemic that hit Kane “is a story about remarkable civic engagement, public leadership, good judgment and individual courage,” according to McKean County Judge John Cleland, who addressed the annual fall dinner of the McKean County Historical Society Tuesday at the United Christian Church in East Smethport.
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THE PANDEMIC VACCINE PUZZLE A seven-part series on the chances for immunizing the world against pandemic flu (CIDRAP)
Editor's note: This article was originally published in CIDRAP News as a seven-part series running from October 25 through November 2, 2007. It investigates the prospects for development of vaccines to head off the threat of an influenza pandemic posed by the H5N1 avian influenza virus.
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More than 2,500 flu shots given in Logan County (Paris Express)
Personnel from the Logan County unit of the state's Department of Health gave more than 2,500 flu shots in a mass vaccination program conducted in Booneville and Paris last week.
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Commentary: Preparing for pandemic flu (Federal Times)
The annual flu season is upon us. Health clinics, doctors’ offices and hospitals have begun administering vaccines to protect against the debilitating virus.
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The word to the herd: Get your flu shots (The Columbus Dispatch)
We are a herd.
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5 Minute Guide: Bird flu (Channel 4)
What happened? Bird flu was thought to only infect birds until the first human cases came to light in 1997 when the H5N1 strain infected 18 people in Hong Kong, killing six. All the territory's poultry - over one million birds - were culled, but the virus was not eradicated.
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Baltimore institutes three-level plan to address flu (Baltimore Examiner)
Despite moderate flu activity predicted this year, Baltimore City and hospital officials rolled out a preparation and information-sharing plan Thursday to sort out the cries of "wolf" from serious announcements.
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Bird flu pandemic mantra: prepare, stockpile (Kearney Hub)
KEARNEY — The 1918 influenza pandemic killed about 600,000 people in the United States and 40 million worldwide.
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Free flu shots will be given in Paris (Paris Express)
The state's Department of Health is conducting a series of mass immunization clinics Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The aim of the operation is to immunize as many residents as possible against the flu and to practice emergency response to a pandemic or bioterrorism incident.
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10,000 try state flu-shot drill (Denver Post)
Flu viruses can remain infectious for about one week at human body temperature, over 30 days at 0 C (32 F), and indefinitely at very low temperatures (such as lakes in northeast Siberia). Most influenza strains can be inactivated easily by disinfectants and detergents.
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