Influenza

On this page:

• News and updates
• Flu links
• Flu tidbits
  
  
  
  
  
  

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  Each year this evil microbe infects 5 - 20% of humans, causing misery and suffering; even death. And each year humans fight back; washing their hands, staying home when infected, and strengthening their defenses by getting vaccinated!
  
  On this website you will find links to lots of reliable information about the dreaded influenza virus -

  
  

  Get immunized…
  Before it's too late!

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  Find a flu clinic
  American Lung Association Oregon SafeNet

  
  
  
  
  
  
  

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   News and updates

  • What's new in Flu
    • Week of Nov. 19
    • Week of Nov. 5
    • Week of Oct. 22
  • DHS Press Release - First Flu Case in Oregon  (October 12, 2007)
    
  • DHS Press Release - Flu Vaccinations (October 1, 2007) (pdf)
    
  • National Influenza Vaccine Week Nov. 26 - Dec. 2, 2007 (cdc.gov)
    
  • Press Release - Afluria Approval (September 28, 2007)(pdf)
    
  • Novartis Press Release (August 16, 2007) (pdf)
    
  • Oregon Flu Resource Packet  
    
  • Prevention of Premature Interments: Influenza 2007-2008
    (CD Summary report, August 7, 2007, Volume 56 No. 16) (pdf)

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  Flu Links

  
  Oregon flu links
  
  • Oregon State Public Health Laboratory - Virology services
    
    
  • Good health habits for influenza prevention (cdc.gov)
    
    
  • Oregon Influenza Facts (pdf)
  
  

     U.S. Flu Links

  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
    
  • National Influenza Summit
    
  • Department of Health and Human Services
    • Seasonal influenza
      
    • Pandemic and avian influenza
    
    
  • National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID)
    
    
  • Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
  
  

     International Flu Links

  • World Health Organization (WHO)
    • Influenza home page
      
    • Influenza fact sheet
      
    • Influenza travel information
    
    
  • European Influenza Surveillance Scheme (EISS) 
    
    
  • Public Health Agency of Canada 

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  Flu tidbits

  • Influenza in History
    • Stanford University: The Flu Epidemic: United States, 1918
      
    • The American Experience (PBS): Influenza 1918
      
    • Secrets of the Dead (PBS): Killer Flu
      
    • A Historical Assessment of Nonpharmaceutical Disease Containment Strategies Employed by Selected U.S. Communities During the Second Wave of the 1918-1920 Influenza Pandemic
    
    
  • Canine Influenza- Interim Guidelines for Canine Influenza Control in Dogs
    
    

  • Influenza of 1918 (Spanish Flu) and the US Navy