H1N1 Flu Pandemic

California Hospitals on the Frontlines of Care During This Flu Season

California’s hospitals and emergency rooms are there when you need them most – especially during this seasonal and H1N1 flu season. According to the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), people at highest risk for contracting the new H1N1 flu virus are pregnant women, children, people with chronic conditions, and healthcare and emergency medical service workers.

H1N1 Challenges Ahead

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HealthAmericans.org, October 2009

Trust for America’s Health (TFAH) released a new report that finds 15 states could run out of available hospital beds during the peak of the outbreak, if 35 percent of Americans were to get sick from the H1N1 flu virus.

Preparing for H1N1 - Signs and Symptoms

For Parents of School-Age Children

For Adults

For Adults - Spanish

For Parents - Spanish

Swine Flu is Hot Topic at Sacramento Disaster-Planning Conference

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Sacramento Bee, September 15, 2009

A potential surge this fall of a novel strain of influenza turned a three-day disaster-planning conference into a mobilization effort to protect against the spread of the virus.

H1N1 Vaccination Administration

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California Department of Public Health (CDPH)

A comprehensive, "how-to" guide about recommended doses of influenza vaccine by age, intervals between doses, and more.

H1N1 Vaccine Now Available to All, California Health Official Says

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Los Angeles Times, January 2010

Virtually all communities in California now have an abundance of H1N1 vaccine, the state health officer said Thursday.

Dr. Mark Horton said in a conference call that California has received about 15 million doses of the vaccine, approximately two-thirds of the supply the state is expected to get of the H1N1 vaccine this season. Almost all jurisdictions are reporting that they have enough vaccine to inoculate the general public, instead of just the priority groups most at risk for H1N1, also known as the swine flu.

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