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CDC Novel H1N1 Influenza (H1N1) Information

The CDC is providing frequent updates on H1N1 influenza activity, resources, and guidance documents to aid in the public health response.

What's New

News and Information

New Resources from the CDC

Q&A from National Influenza Vaccination Week Webinar: 2009 H1N1 Influenza and its Impact on People with Chronic Medical Conditions: Questions and Answers
New Print Materials Available in Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Hmong, Korean, Russian and Vietnamese:
- Protect yourself from H1N1. Get the vaccine.
- Children should get the vaccine.

Study: Vaccinating Children Helps Protect Wider Community
The results of a study conducted among Hutterite religious colonies in Canada show that vaccinating children can reduce infection rates in the greater population. For more information, see the press release from the National Institutes of Health.

CDC and ACHA Tips for Spring Break Travel
The CDC has posted tips to help keep young people safe and healthy while traveling over spring break this March. The American College Health Association has issued a letter urging immunization of college students.

For previous news and updates, please click here.

After Action Report (AAR) Resources

group around computer Access an easy-to-use Web page to help guide you through an evaluation of your local health department's H1N1 response strategy. NACCHO has provided instructions to help you through the process. AAR resources are provided that are compliant with the Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program. These include exercise and evaluation guides, templates for debrief/hotwash meetings, and AAR templates.

Would you like to share your own AAR resources with other LHDs? Please e-mail cdobuzinskis@naccho.org.

Stories from the Field Database

Learn from the experiences of local health officials responding to H1N1. Visit NACCHO's searchable Stories from the Field database to read about lessons learned and useful practices during the H1N1 pandemic on topics including communications to high risk groups, state and local coordination, surveillance and epidemiology, and vaccine planning and administration.

Do you have an experience you would like to share? Please fill out our simple online form.

NACCHO's Secured Information Web Site

Lock Log in to NACCHO'S Secured Information Web Site to find news, resources, and information for the LHD response to H1N1 influenza. NACCHO’s secured Web site provides critical news from state and federal partners, often before this news is available elsewhere. Users with an existing NACCHO account may access the secure site with their current login information; new users may register for free at the link above. Access is restricted to local health department employees.

Talk to Us about H1N1

Submit Your Questions
If you have questions about the current outbreak, you may submit them to h1n1info@naccho.org.

Tell Us What You Think about Our Web Site
What are we doing right? Are you able to find the information that you need? Is there anything we could improve? We would like to continually improve our communication efforts in order to provide you with the latest information on the current H1N1 pandemic. If you have a suggestion, question, comment, or compliment, please e-mail H1N1feedback@naccho.org.

Social Media and RSS

H1N1 Influenza RSS Feed (RSS2.0)

»	Instructions for RSS Feeds
	Google: Click on the “Add to Google” button, and it gives you the choice of either adding it to your home page or Google reader. If you click on the “home page” option, it will only show up when you open iGoogle. When you click on the “reader” option, it will only show up when you access the “Reader” tab from your Google e-mail account. Windows Live: Click on the “Windows Live” button. It will ask you if you want to add this link to your live.com link, which is accessed directly through the browser of your choice as long as the toolbar has been installed. Click on the “Add” button. My Yahoo: Click on the “My Yahoo!”. If the toolbar has been previously installed, clicking on the button is the only action that is required.