Preventing and Controlling Influenza with Available Interventions

With influenza activity surging, critical illness and deaths have been reported in young and middle-aged U.S. adults. The predominant virus has been the strain that caused the 2009 H1N1 pandemic. Despite challenges, there's much we can do to reduce the impact of influenza. Influenza activity has been surging in the United States, and there are reports of critical illness and death in young and middle-aged adults. The predominant virus so far this season is influenza A(H1N1)pdm09, the cause of the 2009 H1N1 pandemic. Despite many challenges, there is much that the public, patients, the public health community, and clinicians can do now to reduce influenza's impact. The spread of influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 virus suggests that despite its ongoing circulation since 2009, population immunity is not sufficiently high and many people remain susceptible. To date, surveillance data provide no evidence of significant antigenic drift in ...