Article: Cost-effectiveness of antiviral stockpiling and near-patient testing for potential influenza pandemic.(RESEARCH)

Influenza Pandemic: Federal Agencies Should Continue to ...
General Accounting Office Reports & Testimony;  August 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... Pandemic Influenza states that in an influenza pandemic, the primary response will come ... DHS) established five federal influenza pandemic regions to work with states to coordinate ... and localities are planning for an influenza pandemic and who they involved, (2) describe ...

Article: Preparing for an influenza pandemic: be informed, ...
Info Nursing;  March 22, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... in a series of articles looking at influenza pandemic and the professional and personal ... outlines the differences between an influenza pandemic, avian flu and seasonal flu; and ... responsibilities in the event of an influenza pandemic. Background An influenza pandemic ...

Article: Major issues and challenges of influenza pandemic ...
Emerging Infectious Diseases;  June 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... Better preparedness for an influenza pandemic mitigates its impact. Many ... and implementing national influenza pandemic preparedness plans. However ... Deaths attributable to an influenza pandemic could be substantially higher ...

Article: GOV. SCHWARZENEGGER CONVENES SUMMIT TO PREPARE FOR ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  March 30, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... state's preparedness for a possible influenza pandemic and outline steps the state will ... possible. Planning for a potential influenza pandemic is being coordinated across multiple ... proposed the following to prepare for influenza pandemic: $27.6 million to strengthen ...

Article: Modeling Hospital Response to Mild and Severe Influenza ...
Military Medicine;  May 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... outbreak facility. For a severe influenza pandemic, model predictions showed that hospital ... when developing plans for the next influenza pandemic. Introduction Epidemics of influenza ... 3 Experts predict that another influenza pandemic is highly likely, If not inevitable ...

Article: GLOBAL EXPLANATIONS VERSUS LOCAL INTERPRETATIONS: THE ...
History In Africa;  January 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ...I In 1918 an influenza pandemic of unprecedented virulence ... despite the fact that the influenza pandemic has few historical rivals in ... the historical work on the influenza pandemic has sought to prove that it ...

Influenza Pandemic: Challenges in Preparedness and ...
General Accounting Office Reports & Testimony;  August 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... worldwide influenza epidemic, or influenza pandemic. Although the extent of such a pandemic ... antiviral drugs, a "medium-level" influenza pandemic could kill up to 207,000 people ... in responding to the threat of an influenza pandemic, including the lessons learned from ...