Mailman School of Public Health faculty archive for H1N1

Selected media highlights include:

• 12/10
  Time Magazine
  The H1N1 Pandemic: Mild So Far, but a Second Wave Is Possible Dr. Irwin Redlener, Center Director, discusses latest developments regarding H1N1.
• 10/23
  CNN
  Latest updates on Pandemic H1N1 Dr. Irwin Redlener, Center Director, answers viewer questions regarding the vaccine.
• 9/8
  WNYC: The Brian Lehrer
  The H1N1 virus is expected to make a comeback this fall. Dr. Irwin Redlener talks about how ready the U.S. is for the return of H1N1 this fall.
• 8/17
  New York Daily News
  Swine flu should not disrupt school schedule this fall
  Epidemiology Professor Stephen Morse of Columbia University Mailman School agreed that school closings likely do little to stop the spread of swine flu - and said the city seems ready.
• 7/24
  Bloomberg News
  Argentina Flu Death Mystery Sparks Probe for Virus Mutation
  Scientists from the Mailman School of Public Health and Argentina’s National Institute of Infectious Diseases plan to decode the complete genomic sequences of at least 150 H1N1 virus samples to fight the scourge of swine flu.
• 6/11
  ABC News Good Morning America
  Swine Flu to be Declared Pandemic
  Dr. Irwin Redlener is interviewed about how to talk to kids about the WHO’s announcement of swine flu’s pandemic status.
• 6/9
  New York Times
  How a Mild Virus Might Turn Vicious
  Swine flu is already doing a near-perfect job of keeping itself alive by invading human noses and inducing humans to cough it from one to another, said Dr. W. Ian Lipkin, director of the Center for Infection and Immunity at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health. “A really aggressive flu that quickly kills its host” — like SARS and H5N1 avian flu — “gives itself a problem,” Dr. Lipkin said.
• 4/28
  National Public Radio / Marketplace
  Swine Flu
  Dr. David Abramson answers questions about Swine Flu surveillance technologies.