Swine Flu (now called 2009 H1N1 flu)

Find some up-to-date information by clicking on these “Hot Searches” in LexisNexis Academic database:

In Major US Newspapers  (explore the “People” group at left menu)
In Healthcare News (Worldwide)  (explore the “Subject” group at left menu)
In Major Papers (Worldwide)   (explore the “Geography” grouping at left menu)

In another database (Health Source – Consumer Edition), a report:

details the discovery of an Army private’s lungs, preserved since 1918, in which there remained RNA bearing the genetic code for the influenza pandemic of 1918. researcher Jeffery K. Taubenberger at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP) in Washington, D.C.; statistics for the worldwide pandemic; resemblance to swine flu; possibility of a vaccine, should the viral fossil reemerge.

Source:
Sternberg, S. (1997) A doughboy’s lungs yield 1918 flu virus. Science News, 151(12), 172.

From Mahoney Library shelves, you might want to read “The epidemic that never was: policy-making and the swine flu scare,” by Richard E. Neustadt and Harvey V. Fineberg, in The Case Study Anthology (edited by Robert K. Yin in 2004) Call Number: 001.432 C337. An older, but still relevant book, also by Richard E. Neustadt, is The Swine Flu Affair: Decision-making on a Slippery Disease (published in 1978 by U.S. Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare). Call Number: 614.518 N399.

Two important government sites are:

• World Health Organization
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

For additional reliable information, use our library’s Health Sciences & Nursing subject group of databases:  BioMed Central | CINAHL | CINAHL with Full Text | Health & Wellness Resource Center | Health Reference Center | Health Reference Center Academic | Health Source: Consumer Edition | Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition | Journals @ Ovid | Lexis Nexis Academic | MEDLINE via FirstSearch (MEDLINE also available from Ovid & NLM) | Physical Education Index | PubMed Central | Science Direct

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