208: H1N1 Special Report

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In late September 2009, Radio Rounds featured a special report on the H1N1 pandemic around the world and across the country. Joining us from the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, GA, was Dr. Inzune Hwang (left).

Dr. Hwang was the Technical Specialty Unit Lead for the 2009 H1N1 Response at the CDC’s Emergency Operations Center, and he updated us on all of the up-to-date efforts at the CDC to understand the H1N1 flu strain and to limit its spread across the United States this fall. We discussed the propensity of the H1N1 strain to preferentially infect younger populations, as well as issues related to the upcoming state-by-state vaccine distribution.

Is there really cause for concern? Dr. Hwang addressed that very question.