http://www.texmed.org/rss.aspx?rssid=85 Tips for Texas Physicians Responding to Seasonal and H1N1 Influenza http://www.texmed.org/Template.aspx?id=8188 The Food and Drug Administration has approved CSL Limited 2009 H1N1 vaccine for use in children ages 6 months and older. Previous recommendations for the vaccine included adults only. (Pat) http://www.texmed.org/Template.aspx?id=8188 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.texmed.org/Template.aspx?id=8166 More vaccine will be available to physicians and other health care providers in the next few weeks,&#160;according to the Department of State Health Services (DSHS). The type of vaccine and the number of doses shipped each week will vary. (Pat) http://www.texmed.org/Template.aspx?id=8166 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.texmed.org/Template.aspx?id=8150 CDC is now able to do limited testing on specific clinical specimens suspected of being antiviral resistant.&#160; (Pat) http://www.texmed.org/Template.aspx?id=8150 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.texmed.org/Template.aspx?id=8149 The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has authorized the emergency use of the unapproved drug Peramivir IV to treat certain hospitalized adult and pediatric patients. (Pat) http://www.texmed.org/Template.aspx?id=8149 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.texmed.org/Template.aspx?id=8123 Physicians are invited to sign up for the American Medical Association's Webinar aimed at providing up-to-date clinical guidelines for handling H1N1. (Pat) http://www.texmed.org/Template.aspx?id=8123 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.texmed.org/Template.aspx?id=8122 Most people in good health who get the seasonal flu or the novel H1N1 flu will be sick for several days but will recover. (Pat) http://www.texmed.org/Template.aspx?id=8122 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.texmed.org/Template.aspx?id=8121 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has identified health care workers as a priority group for H1N1 vaccination. You and your staff should get vaccinated for the H1N1 flu and soon. (Pat) http://www.texmed.org/Template.aspx?id=8121 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.texmed.org/Template.aspx?id=8094 Physicians in Texas who have received H1N1 vaccine are not restricted to vaccinating only members of the priority groups identified by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).&#160; (Pat) http://www.texmed.org/Template.aspx?id=8094 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.texmed.org/Template.aspx?id=8093 Each week the TMA Flu Fighters will address a common myth and/or misinformation perpetuated by the media. One myth getting a lot of coverage surrounds the question of whether or not the flu vaccine gives you the flu. (Pat) http://www.texmed.org/Template.aspx?id=8093 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.texmed.org/Template.aspx?id=8092 The Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) provides weekly updates on confirmed hospitalizations, intensive care unit (ICU) admissions, and deaths associated with H1N1 in Texas by county.&#160;&#160; (Pat) http://www.texmed.org/Template.aspx?id=8092 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.texmed.org/Template.aspx?id=8091 CDC released new return-to-work guidance for health care workers with the H1N1 flu. CDC now recommends that health care workers not return to work until 24 hours after their fever is gone without the use of fever-reducing medicines. (Pat) http://www.texmed.org/Template.aspx?id=8091 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.texmed.org/Template.aspx?id=8090 The TMA Flu Fighters have updated the easy-to-use guide for Patients With Influenza-Like Illness &#8212; Testing, Treatment, and Prophylaxis.&#160; (Pat) http://www.texmed.org/Template.aspx?id=8090 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.texmed.org/Template.aspx?id=8077 Due to the introduction of the novel influenza A (H1N1) in April 2009, the Texas Department of State Health Services is requesting that health care professionals report the following information to their local health department staff: (Pat) http://www.texmed.org/Template.aspx?id=8077 Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.texmed.org/Template.aspx?id=8075 The Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) is asking physicians who administer H1N1 vaccine to submit their patients&#8217; records, regardless of age, to the statewide immunization registry, ImmTrac. The system is designed to consolidate immunization records from multiple sources and allow physicians easy online access to their patient&#8217;s immunization histories. (Pat) http://www.texmed.org/Template.aspx?id=8075 Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.texmed.org/Template.aspx?id=8052 The TMA Flu Fighters have developed several recommendations to help physicians respond to outbreaks of the H1N1 flu and seasonal flu. Here are several recommendations to help triage your patients with flu-like symptoms: (Pat) http://www.texmed.org/Template.aspx?id=8052 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.texmed.org/Template.aspx?id=8051 <p>From TMA Flu Fighters: H1N1 may infect a greater proportion of our population than is typically experienced with seasonal influenza. As a result, we may see greater numbers of hospitalizations and deaths this flu season, particularly in the younger age groups and in patients with underlying high-risk conditions. Here are five things you may want to consider.</p> (Pat) http://www.texmed.org/Template.aspx?id=8051 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.texmed.org/Template.aspx?id=8042 <p>Physicians and patients battling H1N1 flu and the seasonal flu this season have someone in their corner. A subcommittee of the TMA Committee on Infectious Diseases, known as the Flu Fighters, will answer questions and keep practitioners up to date on H1N1 information.</p> (Shari) http://www.texmed.org/Template.aspx?id=8042 Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.texmed.org/Template.aspx?id=8038 As flu season hits, TMA physicians and other health leaders want health care workers healthy and caring for patients, not out sick or potentially spreading germs. That is why front-line health workers are in the top group of the H1N1 vaccine recipient priority list. (Brent) http://www.texmed.org/Template.aspx?id=8038 Tue, 29 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT