Influenza
This spring, a new influenza virus began causing illness in people and spreading around the world. Originally called “swine flu” because the virus genes were similar to some influenza viruses that infect pigs, the new virus has been named “novel H1N1.”
Find out more about novel H1N1 and CDC’s public health response.
Info for Health Professionals
- What's New & Updated!
- H1N1 Flu (Swine Flu)
- Use of Northern Hemisphere Influenza Vaccines by Travelers to the Southern Hemisphere
- Podcast: Influenza Vaccination – What Your Patients Want to Know
- Podcast: Influenza 2008-09 ACIP Recommendations
- Podcast: Testing for Influenza – What it Can Tell Us
- Provisional 2009-2010 recommendations for prevention and control of influenza
- IDSA Diagnostic & Antiviral Guidelines
- Podcast: Influenza Season Update
- FDA Selects 2009-2010 influenza vaccine viruses
- Data & Statistics Feature: Influenza and Antiviral Drugs
- The Flu I.Q. interactive quiz widget
- FDA notification on FLUVIRIN® Luer-Lok pre-filled syringes
- 2008-09 Antiviral Guidance NetConference
- Podcast: Interim Antiviral Guidance 2008-09
- Interim Antiviral Guidance 2008-09
- Why Flu Vaccination Matters: Personal Stories from Families Affected by Influenza
- Questions & Answers about the 2008-2009 Flu Season
- Children, the Flu, and the Flu Vaccine
- Seasonal Flu and Staph Infections
- The Flu: A Guide for Parents
- 2008-09 Influenza Vaccine Updates
- Prevention and Control of Influenza: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), 2008 - July 17, 2008
- What's New on this Site…
- Other Flu Websites
Avian Flu usually refers to influenza A virus found chiefly in birds, but infections can occur in humans.
Canine Flu is a respiratory disease of dogs caused by a specific influenza A virus.
Novel H1N1 is a new influenza virus causing illness in people and spreading around the world.
Swine Flu is a respiratory disease of pigs caused by type A influenza.
Pandemic Flu is virulent human flu that causes a global outbreak (pandemic) of serious illness.
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