What's New on the CDC Swine Flu Website

Welcome to "What's New on the CDC Swine Flu Website."

As of April 25 at 7:30 PM ET, CDC has confirmed 11 human cases of swine flu in the United States: seven in California, two in Texas, and two in Kansas. CDC continues to investigate other suspected cases.

Investigations are ongoing to determine the source of the infection and whether additional people have been infected with similar swine influenza viruses.

CDC is working very closely with state and local officials in California, Texas, as well as with health officials in Mexico, Canada and the World Health Organization. On April 24th, CDC deployed 7 epidemiologists to San Diego County, California and Imperial County, California and 1 senior medical officer to Texas to provide guidance and technical support for the ongoing epidemiologic field investigations. CDC has also deployed to Mexico 1 medical officer and 1 senior expert who are part of a global team that is responding to the outbreak of respiratory illnesses in Mexico.

Influenza is thought to spread mainly person-to-person through coughing or sneezing of infected people. There are many things you can to do to prevent getting and spreading influenza. Visit the CDC Swine Flu website to learn more >>

CDC has posted several new swine flu documents and resources in the past few days, including the following:

• Taking Care of a Sick Person in Your Home
• Safe travel information for the U.S. and Mexico
• Swine Flu Video Podcast
• Swine Influenza and You

We also encourage you to follow CDCemergency on Twitter to keep up with latest confirmed news from CDC on the swine flu investigation.

Visit the CDC Swine Flu website.

 

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