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Maryland study finds that US Hispanics were at greater risk for H1N1 flu during 2009 pandemic

December 5, 2011
COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- Social determinants, including the lack of paid sick leave, contributed to higher risk of exposure to the influenza A (H1N1) virus among Hispanics in the U.S. during the 2009 H1N1 pandemic, according to a study led by Sandra Crouse Quinn, professor of family science and senior ...

Maryland study finds that US Hispanics were at greater risk for H1N1 flu during 2009 pandemic

December 5, 2011
(University of Maryland) Social determinants, including the lack of paid sick leave, contributed to higher risk of exposure to the influenza A (H1N1) virus among Hispanics in the US during the 2009 H1N1 pandemic, according to a study led by Sandra Crouse Quinn with the Maryland Center for Health Equity ...

Inadequate Mask Use Revealed Among Health Care Workers Early In 2009 H1N1 Outbreak

December 2, 2011
Inadequate use of masks or respirators put health care workers at risk of 2009 H1N1 infection during the earliest stages of the 2009 pandemic in the U.S., according to a study published in the December issue of Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, the journal of the Society of Healthcare Epidemiology ...

Study finds inadequate mask use among health care workers early in 2009 H1N1 outbreak

November 30, 2011
Inadequate use of masks or respirators put health care workers at risk of 2009 H1N1 infection during the earliest stages of the 2009 pandemic in the U.S., according to a study published in the December issue of Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, the journal of the Society of Healthcare Epidemiology ...

Study finds inadequate mask use among health care workers early in 2009 H1N1 outbreak

November 30, 2011
Inadequate use of masks or respirators put health care workers at risk of 2009 H1N1 infection during the earliest stages of the 2009 pandemic in the U.S., according to a study published in the December issue of Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology , the journal of the Society of ...

Study finds inadequate mask use among health care workers early in 2009 H1N1 outbreak

November 30, 2011
(Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America) Inadequate use of masks or respirators put health care workers at risk of 2009 H1N1 infection during the earliest stages of the 2009 pandemic in the US, according to a study published in the December issue of Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, the journal ...

Chinese researchers tap GPU supercomputer for world’s first simulation of complete H1N1 virus

November 16, 2011
Chinese researchers achieved a major breakthrough in the race to battle influenza by using NVIDIA Tesla GPUs to create the world's first computer simulation of a whole H1N1 influenza virus at the atomic level.

Why did healthy children fall critically ill in the 2009 H1N1 flu pandemic?

November 7, 2011
During the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic, many previously healthy children became critically ill, developing severe pneumonia and respiratory failure, sometimes fatal. The largest nationwide investigation to date of influenza in critically ill children, led by Children's Hospital Boston, found one key risk factor: Simultaneous infection with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) ...

Why did healthy children fall critically ill in the 2009 H1N1 flu pandemic?

November 7, 2011
(Children's Hospital Boston) During the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic, many previously healthy children became critically ill, developing severe pneumonia and respiratory failure, sometimes fatal. The largest nationwide investigation to date of influenza in critically ill children, led by Children's Hospital Boston, found one key risk factor: Simultaneous infection with methicillin-resistant ...

Why did healthy children fall critically ill in the 2009 H1N1 flu pandemic?

November 6, 2011
Boston, Mass. -- During the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic, many previously healthy children became critically ill, developing severe pneumonia and respiratory failure, sometimes fatal. The largest nationwide investigation to date of influenza in critically ill children, led by Children's Hospital Boston, found one key risk factor: Simultaneous infection with methicillin-resistant ...

Penn scientist tracks attitudes and H1N1 vaccination rates on Twitter

October 14, 2011
A unique and innovative analysis of how social media can affect the spread of a disease has been designed and implemented by a scientist at Penn State University studying attitudes toward the H1N1 vaccine. Marcel Salath-, an assistant professor of biology, studied how users of Twitter -- a popular microblogging ...

Oxygenating Blood of Hospitalized H1N1 Flu Patients Saved Lives: Study

October 6, 2011
THURSDAY, Oct. 6 (HealthDay News) -- Technology that directly oxygenates the blood reduced the risk of death in patients who were severely sickened by the H1N1 flu virus, a new British study shows. The researchers cautioned that their study had limitations, and they noted that debate continues about the ...