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Antiviral resistance: PHAC announces Interim Recommendation for Use of Amantadine for Influenza
Hong Kong/330/2001: 2005/2006 vaccine formulation poor match for B/Hong Kong/330/2001-like viruses.
Antirival resistance: CDC Announces Change in Recommendations for use of Antivirals
FluWatch produces weekly or biweekly FluWatch reports, summarizing influenza surveillance activities in Canada. Weekly reports are produced during the influenza season and biweekly reports are produced during the off season.
Weekly Influenza News is produced by Toronto Public Health once local influenza activity is detected during each influenza season (usually in late October or early November) through to April 30 of the following year.

Disease Outbreak News - RSS feed

Avian influenza - situation in Egypt - update 37 [Tue, 31 Aug 2010 09:00:00 GMT]
Influenza - update 115 [Fri, 27 Aug 2010 10:00:00 GMT]
Influenza - update 114 [Fri, 20 Aug 2010 10:00:00 GMT]
Influenza - update 113 [Fri, 13 Aug 2010 10:00:00 GMT]

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CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - RSS feed

Estimates of Deaths Associated with Seasonal Influenza --- United States, 1976--2007 [Fri, 27 Aug 2010 09:45:10 EST]
Tobacco Use Among Middle and High School Students --- United States, 2000--2009 [Fri, 27 Aug 2010 09:46:42 EST]
Changes in Measurement of Haemophilus influenzae serotype b (Hib) Vaccination Coverage --- National Immunization Survey, United States, 2009 [Fri, 27 Aug 2010 09:47:05 EST]
Notes from the Field: Measles Transmission Associated with International Air Travel --- Massachusetts and New York, July--August 2010 [Fri, 27 Aug 2010 09:47:31 EST]

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Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses News From Medical News Today - RSS feed

Latest NYS Hospital Acquired Infections Report Shows Mandatory Disclosure Saves Lives By Making Hospitals Work Harder To Prevent Infections [Thu, 02 Sep 2010 03:00:00 PDT]
Hospital For Special Surgery Is Once Again The Only New York Hospital With Surgical Site Infection Rate Significantly Lower Than State Average [Thu, 02 Sep 2010 03:00:00 PDT]
Newest Edition Of Critical Care Nursing Procedure Manual Helps Hospital Units [Thu, 02 Sep 2010 01:00:00 PDT]
Bed Bugs On The Rise [Wed, 01 Sep 2010 10:00:00 PDT]

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EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - RSS feed

Chronic Lyme disease: How often is it diagnosed and treated? [Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EDT]
Cranberry juice shows promise blocking Staph infections [Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EDT]
Charitable behavior found in bacteria [Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EDT]
New TB diagnostic proves effective, expedient, study finds [Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EDT]

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MedPage Today Infectious Disease - RSS feed

Few CT Physicians Treat Chronic Lyme Disease [Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:00:18 -0400]
Tie Healthcare Jobs to Flu Vaccination, Groups Say (CME/CE, with audio) [Wed, 01 Sep 2010 10:30:27 -0400]
Hospital-Acquired Infections Trend Downward [Wed, 01 Sep 2010 09:32:14 -0400]
Vitamin A Hikes HIV Loads in Breast Milk (CME/CE) [Mon, 30 Aug 2010 10:58:57 -0400]

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