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Kids Connection Newsletter
May 2009
Evidence-Based Tip

Information about Swine Flu (H1N1)

Do you have questions about Swine Flu? Do your patients? Here are some resources that can help answer them.

Resources for Health Care Providers
Guidance for Clinicians (CDC)
Contains recommendations, documents, and links to other CDC H1N1 flu information

Swine Influenza (SC DHEC)
Gives an update for South Carolina, and links to other important information resources

Priorities for Laboratory Testing for Swine Flu (SC DHEC)
Priorities for Laboratory Testing for Swine Flu

Influenza A(H1N1) (World Health Organization)
Situation updates, daily briefings, and guidance information

Resources for Patients
National Library of Medicine (NLM)
An overview of swine flu written for the public, with links to other important sources of information for health consumers. Available in English and in Spanish.

Swine Flue: Information for Concerned Parents and Caregivers (CDC)
Information about Swine Flu, its symptoms, and what to do if your child is sick.

AAP News Room: Swine Flu (American Academy of Pediatrics)
Precautions and links to other information, written for the general public

Resources using Web 2.0 Technologies
Twitter: CDCemergency
Follow Swine Flu updates from the CDC on Twitter

HealthMap: Global Disease Alert Map
World map shows the locations of suspected cases, and links to news articles about them. Supported by NLM, CDC, CIHR and Google.

Google Maps: Mapping the Swine Flu Outbreak
Similar to the map above, with color coding for cofirmed, suspect or negative cases.

VueTOO: National Swine Flu Situation Page
A "mashup" of several sites reporting on Swine Flu. Caution: VueToo ads obscure some of the content.


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