A top CDC official says concern over the outbreaks has grown since Thursday. April 24, 2009— -- A top federal health official said the government's concern over the swine flu outbreaks in the ...

There are gaps in pediatric emergency departments’ pandemic preparedness, according to a study in Academic Emergency Medicine. Researchers interviewed pediatric ED leaders from across the U.S.

Emergency department visits and hospitalizations in 2009, when the H1N1 pandemic began, were roughly double the ED visits and hospitalizations in 2008, according to a statistical brief from the ...

Complications related to the upper airways, including sinusitis or otitis; Pulmonary complications, including bronchitis, asthma (sometimes with status asthmaticus), and acute exacerbations of chronic ...