Influenza A (H1N1) Cases and Deaths*
*Cases reported by The World Health Organization (WHO) are as of April 25, 2010
International News
The University of Minnesota’s Centre for Infectious Disease Research and Policy concluded its comprehensive 3-part series of articles on the H1N1 pandemic and its repercussions. The writings were issued to mark the 1-year anniversary of the pandemic outbreak. Each installment was written by a different staff writer for the university’s journal. Together they examine the inherent uncertainty involved in tackling a global pandemic, the stuttering start to most countries’ vaccination programs, and the scientific and epidemiological dividends to be reaped once the pandemic recedes. For those who would like to read to entire series, parts one and two can be read here and here. CIDRAP
A number of prominent American authorities in health research and policy have offered their assessments on topics ranging from the H1N1 virus to the public response and media coverage of the pandemic. Through these, a view of the virus we had early in the outbreak without the benefit of hindsight or extensive research emerges. When H1N1 spread so quickly and seemed to threaten the youngest and strongest of us so easily, what would happen when infection was widespread? The answer would turn out to be “Not much, as pandemics go,” but there was no way to know this at the time. San Diego Union-Tribune
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