Centers for Disease Control and Prevention document that summarizes key events of the 2009 H1N1 pandemic and CDC’s response activities.

Mice injected with a 2009 H1N1 pandemic influenza vaccine and then exposed to high levels of the virus responsible for the 1918 influenza pandemic do not get sick or die, report scientists funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health.

A global update was provided to the Committee on the pandemic situation, including a particular focus on developments in Africa and the Southern Hemisphere.

Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) is an uncommon peripheral neuropathy causing paralysis and in severe cases respiratory failure and death.