MedWorm.com provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest items from the 'PandemicFlu.gov RSS Feed for Website Updates' source. Sat, 30 Jan 2010 13:40:27 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3064019&cid=s_34112_4_f&fid=34112&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cdc.gov%2FH1N1flu%2Fvaccination%2Fstatelocal%2Fvaccine_financing.htm Questions and Answers on 2009 H1N1 Vaccine Financing (Source: PandemicFlu.gov RSS Feed for Website Updates) PandemicFlu.gov RSS Feed for Website Updates organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3064019 Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:30:00 +0100 3064019 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2089569&cid=s_34112_4_f&fid=34112&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpandemicflu.gov%2Fplan%2Fpanflureport6.html This report includes brief video clips where you can hear personal stories about what it means to work on Pandemic Planning. These videos can be accessed from our Multimedia page (http://pandemicflu.gov/news/multimedia/index.html) or directly at http://pandemicflu.gov/news/multimedia/ann_knebel.html (Source: PandemicFlu.gov RSS Feed for Website Updates) PandemicFlu.gov RSS Feed for Website Updates organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2089569 Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:16:00 +0100 2089569 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2089570&cid=s_34112_4_f&fid=34112&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpandemicflu.gov%2Fnews%2Fpanflu_webinar8.html The archive of the December 17, 2008 Webcast on antiviral drug use and employer stockpiling now available. You can also access archives of the entire PlanFirst Webcast series at: http://pandemicflu.gov/news/panflu_webinar.html (Source: PandemicFlu.gov RSS Feed for Website Updates) PandemicFlu.gov RSS Feed for Website Updates organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2089570 Thu, 08 Jan 2009 15:20:00 +0100 2089570 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2059906&cid=s_34112_4_f&fid=34112&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpandemicflu.gov%2Fresearch%2Ftechnologytransfer.html Overview (Source: PandemicFlu.gov RSS Feed for Website Updates) PandemicFlu.gov RSS Feed for Website Updates organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2059906 Mon, 22 Dec 2008 21:16:00 +0100 2059906 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1959703&cid=s_34112_4_f&fid=34112&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pandemicflu.gov%2Fnews%2Fpanflu_webinar7.html The archive of Secretary Leavitt’s Pandemic Planning and Preparedness Webcast on October 29th, 2008 is now available at http://www.pandemicflu.gov/news/panflu_webinar7.html. (Source: PandemicFlu.gov RSS Feed for Website Updates) PandemicFlu.gov RSS Feed for Website Updates organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1959703 Thu, 13 Nov 2008 18:20:00 +0100 1959703 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1376509&cid=s_34112_4_f&fid=34112&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hhs.gov%2Fnews%2Fpress%2F2008pres%2F04%2F20080414c.html HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt is visiting Indonesia, Singapore and Vietnam to advance the administration’s efforts to improve the safety of imports, and to review cooperative efforts to reduce the spread of disease, including HIV/AIDS and highly pathanogenic avian influenza. (Source: PandemicFlu.gov RSS Feed for Website Updates) PandemicFlu.gov RSS Feed for Website Updates organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1376509 Tue, 15 Apr 2008 22:20:00 +0100 1376509 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1367508&cid=s_34112_4_f&fid=34112&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpandemicflu.gov%2Fplan%2Fstates%2Fstate_panflu_operations_plan_excel_submission.xls (Source: PandemicFlu.gov RSS Feed for Website Updates) PandemicFlu.gov RSS Feed for Website Updates organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1367508 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 22:20:00 +0100 1367508 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1351496&cid=s_34112_4_f&fid=34112&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.who.int%2Fcsr%2Fdon%2F2008_04_03%2Fen%2Findex.html Two additional H5N1 cases were confirmed by serological testing, thus providing final H5N1 infection test results on a previously reported family cluster in Peshawar. (Source: PandemicFlu.gov RSS Feed for Website Updates) PandemicFlu.gov RSS Feed for Website Updates organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1351496 Fri, 04 Apr 2008 22:00:00 +0100 1351496 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1316535&cid=s_34112_4_f&fid=34112&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pandemicflu.gov%2Fplan%2Fpanflureport5.html (Source: PandemicFlu.gov RSS Feed for Website Updates) PandemicFlu.gov RSS Feed for Website Updates organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1316535 Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:30:00 +0100 1316535 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1316536&cid=s_34112_4_f&fid=34112&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fao.org%2Fnewsroom%2Fen%2Fnews%2F2008%2F1000813%2Findex.html (Source: PandemicFlu.gov RSS Feed for Website Updates) PandemicFlu.gov RSS Feed for Website Updates organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1316536 Tue, 18 Mar 2008 15:20:00 +0100 1316536 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1316537&cid=s_34112_4_f&fid=34112&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pandemicflu.gov%2Fnews%2Fpanflu_webinar1.html (Source: PandemicFlu.gov RSS Feed for Website Updates) PandemicFlu.gov RSS Feed for Website Updates organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1316537 Thu, 13 Mar 2008 15:20:00 +0100 1316537 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1316538&cid=s_34112_4_f&fid=34112&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pandemicflu.gov%2Fnews%2Fguidance031108.pdf Effective State, local and community functioning during and following an influenza pandemic requires focused planning and practicing in advance of the pandemic to ensure that States can maintain their critical functions. (Source: PandemicFlu.gov RSS Feed for Website Updates) PandemicFlu.gov RSS Feed for Website Updates organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1316538 Thu, 14 Feb 2008 20:20:00 +0100 1316538 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1233028&cid=s_34112_4_f&fid=34112&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.oie.int%2Feng%2Fpress%2Fen_080213.htm The BioChek Avian Influenza Antibody and Prionics® Check Western diagnostic kits got a positive recommendation by the Commission for Biological Standards of the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE). (Source: PandemicFlu.gov RSS Feed for Website Updates) PandemicFlu.gov RSS Feed for Website Updates organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1233028 Thu, 14 Feb 2008 19:30:00 +0100 1233028 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1233029&cid=s_34112_4_f&fid=34112&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwwwn.cdc.gov%2Ftravel%2FcontentAvianFluLunarNewYear08.aspx There are several health issues that travelers to Asia should know about. Mosquito-borne illnesses, such as Malaria, Dengue Fever, and Japanese Encephalitis, are common throughout Asia. In addition, eating contaminated food and drinking contaminated water can cause illnesses such as Travelers’ Diarrhea. Learn more about these diseases and how you can prevent them by visiting the Insect and Arthropod Protection page and the Safe Food and Water page of the Travelers’ Health website. (Source: PandemicFlu.gov RSS Feed for Website Updates) PandemicFlu.gov RSS Feed for Website Updates organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1233029 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 19:30:00 +0100 1233029 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1072135&cid=s_34112_4_f&fid=34112&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.state.gov%2Fg%2Favianflu%2F96208.htm First, I would like to join with my colleagues in thanking the Government of India for its efforts in organizing and hosting this conference of ministers and other senior officials from around the world. I, like they, am mindful of the enormous amount of time and labor that goes into preparing these large gatherings, and we are grateful for the results. (Source: PandemicFlu.gov RSS Feed for Website Updates) PandemicFlu.gov RSS Feed for Website Updates organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1072135 Wed, 05 Dec 2007 15:30:00 +0100 1072135 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1069962&cid=s_34112_4_f&fid=34112&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pandemicflu.gov%2Fnews%2Fpanflu_dialogue.html Who gets vaccinated first in a flu pandemic? Doctors? Paramedics? Kids? The elderly? It’s the central question posed in a series of public forums seeking input on a draft plan that spells out how vaccines will be allocated in the early days of a flu pandemic. (Source: PandemicFlu.gov RSS Feed for Website Updates) PandemicFlu.gov RSS Feed for Website Updates organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1069962 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 15:50:00 +0100 1069962 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1029831&cid=s_34112_4_f&fid=34112&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.who.int%2Fmediacentre%2Fevents%2F2007%2Fpandemic_influenza%2Fen%2Findex.html A four-day meeting will take place at the WHO headquarters in Geneva from 20 to 23 November 2007. The meeting aims to report on progress achieved in strengthening procedures for the sharing of influenza viruses and to discuss the benefits of virus sharing, which include increased access to vaccines. (Source: PandemicFlu.gov RSS Feed for Website Updates) PandemicFlu.gov RSS Feed for Website Updates organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1029831 Thu, 15 Nov 2007 14:43:00 +0100 1029831 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=890807&cid=s_34112_4_f&fid=34112&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pandemicflu.gov%2Fplan%2Fworkplaceplanning%2Fcorrectionchecklist.html Planning for pandemic influenza is critical for ensuring a sustainable health care delivery system within correctional facility settings. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has developed the following checklist to help prison and jail systems to self-assess and improve their preparedness for responding to pandemic influenza. Given the differences among systems, individual facilities should adapt this checklist to meet their unique needs. This checklist should be used as one tool in developing an overall pandemic influenza plan for correctional systems as well as individual facilities. Responsible officials should incorporate information from State, regional and local health departments and emergency management agencies/authorities into the system and individual facility pand... PandemicFlu.gov RSS Feed for Website Updates organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=890807 Fri, 21 Sep 2007 17:00:00 +0100 890807 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=890806&cid=s_34112_4_f&fid=34112&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pandemicflu.gov%2Fplan%2Fworkplaceplanning%2Flawenforcement.html In the event of pandemic influenza, law enforcement agencies (e.g., State, local, and tribal Police Departments, Sheriff’s Offices, Federal law enforcement officers, special jurisdiction police personnel) will play a critical role in maintaining the rule of law as well as protecting the health and safety of citizens in their respective jurisdictions. Planning for pandemic influenza is critical. (Source: PandemicFlu.gov RSS Feed for Website Updates) PandemicFlu.gov RSS Feed for Website Updates organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=890806 Fri, 21 Sep 2007 17:00:00 +0100 890806 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=658121&cid=s_34112_4_f&fid=34112&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pandemicflu.gov%2Fplan%2Fhealthcare%2Fhospitalchecklist.html Checklist for hospitals to help prepare for a pandemic. (Source: PandemicFlu.gov RSS Feed for Website Updates) PandemicFlu.gov RSS Feed for Website Updates organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=658121 Mon, 04 Jun 2007 18:00:00 +0100 658121 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=628322&cid=s_34112_4_f&fid=34112&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.pandemicflu.gov This online event is part of a new campaign to help Americans prepare for a potential influenza pandemic and engage influential U.S. leaders in the challenge to convince and help others to prepare. Join national leaders in the conversation at http://blog.pandemicflu.gov. (Source: PandemicFlu.gov RSS Feed for Website Updates) PandemicFlu.gov RSS Feed for Website Updates organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=628322 Tue, 22 May 2007 18:00:00 +0100 628322 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=628323&cid=s_34112_4_f&fid=34112&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.osha.gov%2FPublications%2FOSHA_pandemic_health.pdf This Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) guidance provides a wide range of information and tools helpful to pandemic planners, including: Internet resources, communication tools, sample infection control programs, and self-triage and home care resources. It also offers how-to advice on diagnosis and treatment of staff during a pandemic, developing planning and supply checklists, and risk communication. (Source: PandemicFlu.gov RSS Feed for Website Updates) PandemicFlu.gov RSS Feed for Website Updates organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=628323 Mon, 21 May 2007 18:00:00 +0100 628323 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=602660&cid=s_34112_4_f&fid=34112&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.who.int%2Fimmunization%2Fnewsroom%2FPI_QAs%2Fen%2Findex.html (Source: PandemicFlu.gov RSS Feed for Website Updates) PandemicFlu.gov RSS Feed for Website Updates organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=602660 Thu, 10 May 2007 18:00:00 +0100 602660 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=588610&cid=s_34112_4_f&fid=34112&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pandemicflu.gov%2Fplan%2Fcommunity%2Fmaskguidancecommunity.html This document describes interim guidance for the use of facemasks1 and respirators2 in certain public settings during an influenza pandemic. Very little information is available about the effectiveness of facemasks and respirators in controlling the spread of pandemic influenza in community settings. In the absence of scientific data, this document offers interim recommendations that are based on public health judgment and on the historical use of facemasks and respirators in other settings. (Source: PandemicFlu.gov RSS Feed for Website Updates) PandemicFlu.gov RSS Feed for Website Updates organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=588610 Thu, 03 May 2007 17:00:00 +0100 588610 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=503826&cid=s_34112_4_f&fid=34112&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.who.int%2Fcsr%2Fdisease%2Favian_influenza%2FTimeline_2007_03_20.pdf View the above WHO timeline to see the progression and major activity of H5N1 in both animals and humans since 1996. (Source: PandemicFlu.gov RSS Feed for Website Updates) PandemicFlu.gov RSS Feed for Website Updates organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=503826 Tue, 27 Mar 2007 16:00:00 +0100 503826 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=406874&cid=s_34112_4_f&fid=34112&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.osha.gov%2FPublications%2Finfluenza_pandemic.html To help employers determine appropriate workplace practices and precautions, the guidance divides workplaces and work operations into four risk zones, according to the likelihood of employees' occupational exposure to pandemic influenza. Recommendations for employee protection are presented for each of the four levels of anticipated risk and include engineering controls, work practices and use of personal protective equipment such as respirators and surgical masks and their relative value in protecting employees. (Source: PandemicFlu.gov RSS Feed for Website Updates) PandemicFlu.gov RSS Feed for Website Updates organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=406874 Fri, 09 Feb 2007 16:00:00 +0100 406874 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=406875&cid=s_34112_4_f&fid=34112&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pandemicflu.gov%2Fplan%2Fcommunity%2Fcommitigation.html This document provides interim planning guidance for State, territorial, tribal and local communities that focuses on several measures other than vaccination and drug treatment that might be useful during an influenza pandemic to reduce its harm. Communities, individuals and families, employers, schools, and other organizations will be asked to plan for the use of these interventions to help limit the spread of a pandemic, prevent disease and death, lessen the impact on the economy, and keep society functioning. (Source: PandemicFlu.gov RSS Feed for Website Updates) PandemicFlu.gov RSS Feed for Website Updates organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=406875 Thu, 01 Feb 2007 16:00:00 +0100 406875 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=382490&cid=s_34112_4_f&fid=34112&url=http%3A%2F%2Fisddc.dot.gov%2FOLPFiles%2FOST%2F013334.pdf Manual for airlines, airports, federal response agencies and other first responders, local and state health departments. Outlines the response to and recovery from a quarantinable disease incident, including avian influenza, at a U.S. international airport. (Source: PandemicFlu.gov RSS Feed for Website Updates) PandemicFlu.gov RSS Feed for Website Updates organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=382490 Fri, 26 Jan 2007 16:00:00 +0100 382490 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=363824&cid=s_34112_4_f&fid=34112&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pandemicflu.gov%2Fplan%2Ffederal%2Fstratergyimplementationplan.html The National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza Implementation Plan contains over three hundred actions for Federal Departments and Agencies, almost all with timelines and measures of progress. The December 2006 Summary of Progress contains a list of actions due to be completed within 6 months of the release of the National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza Implementation Plan, followed by a summary of progress (in italics) prepared by the relevant Department(s) and Agency(ies) for this report.  The assessment is indicated directly after the action number.  Note: The Summary refers to chapters four through nine because they contain action items; chapters one, two and three do not. (Source: PandemicFlu.gov RSS Feed for Website Updates) PandemicFlu.gov RSS Feed for Website Updates organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=363824 Mon, 18 Dec 2006 16:30:00 +0100 363824 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=363825&cid=s_34112_4_f&fid=34112&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pandemicflu.gov%2Fgeneral%2Fworkshopindex.html These workshop proceedings provide a historical retrospective review of the impact of the 1918–1919 influenza pandemic. A panel of experts discuss how the 1918–1919 pandemic affected daily life in the United States, and what lessons can be learned and applied to planning today. (Source: PandemicFlu.gov RSS Feed for Website Updates) PandemicFlu.gov RSS Feed for Website Updates organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=363825 Thu, 07 Dec 2006 20:00:00 +0100 363825 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=363826&cid=s_34112_4_f&fid=34112&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pandemicflu.gov%2Fplan%2Fstates%2Ftr319.html Provides customizable tabletop exercises to test the relationships between local public health agencies and their local health care delivery and governmental partners in response to a pandemic flu emergency. Prepared under contract to OPHEP by the Rand Corporation. (Source: PandemicFlu.gov RSS Feed for Website Updates) PandemicFlu.gov RSS Feed for Website Updates organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=363826 Tue, 05 Dec 2006 17:00:00 +0100 363826 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=363827&cid=s_34112_4_f&fid=34112&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.who.int%2Fcsr%2Fresources%2Fpublications%2Finfluenza%2FWHO_CDS_EPR_GIP_2006_4%2Fen%2Findex.html The Guidelines provide a framework and approach for public health authorities and investigators at all levels, to plan for and conduct investigations of human cases of A(H5N1) (or other avian influenza viruses of pandemic potential). The document focuses on the key steps that should be undertaken in an investigation. (Source: PandemicFlu.gov RSS Feed for Website Updates) PandemicFlu.gov RSS Feed for Website Updates organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=363827 Mon, 27 Nov 2006 18:00:00 +0100 363827 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=363828&cid=s_34112_4_f&fid=34112&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.who.int%2Fcsr%2Fresources%2Fpublications%2Fsurveillance%2FWHO_CDS_EPR_ARO_2006_1%2Fen%2Findex.html This protocol is designed to simplify the previously published guidelines on specimen collection,packing, and shipment to allow for ease of use at field level and to provide the data needed to confirm the diagnosis of A(H5N1) infection as specified/described in the case definitions recently produced by WHO. (Source: PandemicFlu.gov RSS Feed for Website Updates) PandemicFlu.gov RSS Feed for Website Updates organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=363828 Mon, 06 Nov 2006 16:00:00 +0100 363828