by Wally Northway Published: April 30,2010
Tags: healthcare, pandemic, public health, swine flu
More than 99 percent of specimens tested for influenza were positive for H1N1 over approximately the past 11 months, according to a report released from Quest Diagnostics Inc. And, it finds that the South is the epicenter for the disease. The Quest Diagnostics Health Trends Report suggests that H1N1 “crowded out” other influenza viruses to [...] [...]
by Wally Northway Published: December 16,2009
Tags: bioterrorism, emergency preparedness, healthcare, pandemic, public health
The seventh-annual “Ready or Not? Protecting the Public’s Health from Diseases, Disasters, and Bioterrorism” report, released by the Trust for America’s Health (TFAH) and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), found that the H1N1 flu outbreak has exposed serious underlying gaps in the nation’s ability to respond to public health emergencies and that the economic [...] [...]
by Wally Northway Published: December 11,2009
Tags: healthcare, pandemic, public health, state agency
JACKSON — The 2009 H1N1 (swine flu) injectable and nasal mist vaccine is now available to the general public, according to the Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH). Both the injectable vaccine and the nasal mist vaccine are free at all county health departments. Some private providers and pharmacies also have the 2009 H1N1 (swine [...] [...]
by Wally Northway Published: November 24,2009
Tags: county government, heatlhcare, pandemic, public health, state agency
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) announces the availability of the 2009 H1N1 (swine flu) injectable vaccine to all designated priority groups. The groups are pregnant women, children six months through 24 years of age, those living with or caring for an infant less than six months of age, healthcare and [...] [...]
by Wally Northway Published: October 20,2009
Tags: agriculture, federal agency, pandemic, public health
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) National Veterinary Services Laboratories (NVSL) has confirmed the presence of 2009 pandemic H1N1 influenza virus in a pig sample collected at the Minnesota State Fair submitted by the University of Minnesota. Additional samples are being tested. “We have fully engaged our trading partners to remind them that [...] [...]
by Wally Northway Published: October 7,2009
Tags: agriculture, federal government, international trade, pandemic
WASHINGTON — Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) has joined a bipartisan effort to encourage Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to take action to support the U.S. pork industry that has been hit hard by declining sales due, in part, to being wrongly associated with the H1N1 influenza virus. Cochran, a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, has [...] [...]
by Wally Northway Published: September 23,2009
Tags: pandemic, public health, state agency
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) reports the latest number of confirmed cases of Novel H1N1 (swine) flu at 898 in Mississippi with seven deaths, the most recent a Jones County adult female. Previous deaths were a male child in Jackson County reported July 25; a female child in Hancock County [...] [...]
by Wally Northway Published: September 16,2009
Tags: federal agency, pandemic, public health, small business
WASHINGTON — U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) administrator Karen Mills and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano announce the availability of a preparedness guide designed to assist small businesses in planning for the possibility of an H1N1 flu outbreak this fall. Outbreaks of H1N1 flu are occurring now across the country and will likely [...] [...]
by Wally Northway Published: September 11,2009
Tags: pandemic, public health
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) reports the latest number of confirmed cases of Novel H1N1 (swine) flu at 723 in Mississippi with three deaths. Nationally, there have been 9,079 hospitalizations and 593 deaths, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). MSDH said it expects swine flu vaccine [...] [...]
by Wally Northway Published: August 4,2009
Tags: pandemic, public health
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) reports the first death of the 2009 West Nile virus (WNV) season, has identified two new WNV cases and has identified dozens of new cases of H1N1 swine flu. The first victim of WNV was a Washington County resident. In 2008, there were three deaths [...] [...]
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