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H1N1 Newsroom

The latest headlines, news releases, and radio and television clips.

Monitoring H1N1: Hospitalizations and deaths

On September 19, 2009, the state Department of Health began reporting hospitalizations and deaths for all types of influenza  — not only H1N1 (swine flu). From April 26, 2009 to September 18, 2009 there were 174 hospitalizations and 16 deaths attributed to H1N1 (swine flu).

Updates will be posted on Friday at 3:00 p.m., and will include the total number of hospitalized and fatal cases of both H1N1 and seasonal flu in Washington. Mid-week updates will be posted as needed.

To find out which states have reported H1N1 flu cases and the number of cases reported, see the CDC Web site. Cases have also been confirmed in the Canadian province of British Columbia. For information on these cases visit the British Columbia Ministry of Health's Web site.

Messages for adults over 50

Secretary of Health Mary Selecky talks about why healthy older adults (those over 50) should wait to get vaccinated for H1N1 until more vaccine is available in our state.”

• Vaccine Message 1 (MP3) (audio: 13 seconds) Transcript
• Vaccine Message 2 (MP3) (audio: 20 seconds) Transcript
• Vaccine Message 3 (MP3) (audio: 23 seconds) Transcript

Page Updated:
11/20/2009 01:23 PM

Department of Health H1N1 News Releases

November 5, 2009
H1N1 (swine flu) information: easy access for Washington residents

October 21, 2009
Franklin County child dies of H1N1 complications

October 1, 2009
H1N1 (swine flu) vaccine ordered by state — small amount available at first

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H1N1 public service announcements and audio and video clips*

• A message from Secretary Selecky to older adults.
  • MP3 format (audio: 30 seconds)
  • Transcript
     
• Gov. Chris Gregoire and Elmo H1N1 PSA
  • MP3 format (audio, 30 seconds)
  • WMA format (audio, 30 seconds)

• H1N1 (swine flu) video PSA
  • English (YouTube)
  • Español (YouTube)
     
• H1N1 (swine flu) 
  • Spanish/En español  (audio: 1 minute; mp3 format)
    • Radio PSA Transcript (in Spanish and English)
• Get a flu shot
  • English (Audio: 30 seconds, MP3 format)
    • English transcript
  • Spanish (Audio: 30 seconds, MP3 format)
     
• "Mr. Influenza" flu messages
  • English (Audio: 30 seconds, MP3 format)
  • English transcript

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2009 Pandemic Influenza (H1N1, swine flu) Summit
September 8, 2009
Presentations and links to archived film (TVW) from the September 8th Pandemic Summit with Governor Christine Gregoire, Secretary of Health Mary Selecky, Major General Timothy Lowenberg, Superintendent of Public Instruction Randy Dorn and others.
 

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