This document provides interim guidance for healthcare facilities (e.g., hospitals, long-term care and outpatient facilities, and other settings where healthcare is provided) and will be updated as needed.

This document provides interim guidance for 9-1-1 Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs), the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) system and medical first-responders.

Updated several sections.

CDC recommends that state and local health departments, hospitals, and clinicians in regions with few or no reported cases of S-OIV consider the following recommendations for testing of the following persons for S-OIV infection with a nasopharyngeal swab by PCR. Also included are interim guidance on specimen collection and testing, and investigation of cases.

As of 11 AM, April 29, CDC has confirmed 91 confirmed cases in 10 states. Today, CDC reports additional confirmed human infections, hospitalizations and the nation’s first fatality from this outbreak.

Health Alert Network April 28, 2009

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, in response to requests from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has issued Emergency Use Authorizations (EUAs) to make available to public health and medical personnel important diagnostic and therapeutic tools to identify and respond to the swine flu virus under certain circumstances

CDC Briefing on Public Health Investigation of Human Cases of Swine Influenza for April 28, 2009 2:30PM EST

CDC Briefing on Public Health Investigation of Human Cases of H1N1 Flu (Swine Flu)

Three audio PSAs posted to provide timely messages about what you can do to protect yourself and your family: Swine Flu Preparedness, Community Planning for Swine Flu, and Hygiene Habits to Help Fight Swine Flu.