Church Pandemic Resources

From 1999 through 2005 in Alcoi, Spain, incidence of legionellosis was continually high. Over the next 4 years, incidence was lower, but an increase in July 2009 led health authorities to declare an epidemic outbreak.

Transcript from Dr. Thomas Frieden's remarks at the 2010 Influenza Workshop for Journalists held Monday, August 23, 2010.

31 August 2010

The Ministry of Health of Egypt has announced a new human case of A(H5N1) avian influenza infection.

The Ministry of Health of Egypt has announced a new human case of A(H5N1) avian influenza infection.

After heptavalent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7) was marketed in France, Spain, Belgium, and England and Wales (United Kingdom), invasive disease from non-PCV7 serotypes (NVT) increased.

Worldwide, H1N1 2009 virus transmission remains most intense in parts of India and in parts of the temperate southern hemisphere, particularly New Zealand and more recently in Australia.

The situation in New Zealand and India remains largely unchanged since the last update. Influenza H1N1 (2009) virus transmission remains locally intense in parts of India and New Zealand.

CDC researchers identified 1,097 foodborne disease outbreaks, which lead to 21,244 illnesses and 18 deaths, in the United States during 2007. Although Salmonella and norovirus were the most common culprits for both outbreaks and illnesses, these numbers were down 8% and 15% from the annual average reported from 2002 to 2006.

Influenza H1N1 (2009) virus transmission remains locally intense in parts of India and New Zealand.

Published in a leading journal this week, a large genome study of meningitis and septicaemia suggests genetic differences could be why some people are more susceptible and others naturally resistant to these diseases.

12 August 2010

The Ministry of Health of Egypt has announced a new human case of A(H5N1) avian influenza infection.

The Ministry of Health of Egypt has announced a new human case of A(H5N1) avian influenza infection.

Health and Human Services (HHS) press release outlines implications for United States of WHO declaration that the 2009 H1N1 pandemic has ended.

Director-General's opening statement at virtual press conference; August 10, 2010

As of 30 July 2010, the Ministry of Health in Peru confirmed a total of 17 cases of plague in Ascope province of Department La Libertad. Of these, four are pneumonic plague, 12 are bubonic plague and one was septicemic plague. The onset of symptoms for the last reported case of pneumonic plague was on 11 July 2010. During the investigations, 10 strains of Y. pestis were isolated from humans, rodents and domestic cats.

This report provides an update to the international flu situation using data collected through August 1, 2010, and reported by the World Health Organization (WHO) on August 6.

As of 1 August 2010, worldwide more than 214 countries and overseas territories or communities have reported laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 2009, including over 18449 deaths.

Eastern Africa is free of polio again, with four countries - Ethiopia , Kenya, Sudan and Uganda - having reported no cases of the crippling disease for more than a year, U.N. and other aid agencies said. The WHO said the region had responded fast to the outbreak.