A masked girl sits with a classmate at a kindergarten in a residential estate in Hong Kong on Jun. 11, 2009.

Title: Health Highlights: Jan. 27, 2012 Category: Health News Created: 1/27/2012 2:05:00 PM Last Editorial Review: 1/30/2012

In Reply: The SwiFT (Swine Flu Triage) Study collected only a minimal set of daily critical care data for the 1756 H1N1 cases in 193 hospitals (predominantly those sufficient to calculate a Sequential Organ Failure Assessment score), given the pandemic context.

Flu season is approaching, and the Claremont Colleges are preparing themselves.The measures currently in place rely on a 5-C flu kit initiative and buddy system, and the colleges are also looking into measures to house sick students together.

In the May 20, 2011, report, “Ten Great Public Health Achievements—United States, 2001-2010,” on page 621, preliminary estimates of the impact of public health interventions during the 2009 H1N1 pandemic were presented as follows: “These public health interventions prevented an estimated 5-10 million cases, 30,000 hospitalizations, and 1,500 deaths.

BLUE BELL, Pa., Jan. 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE Amex: INO) announced today that its synthetic vaccines for influenza Type A H3N2 and Type B achieved protective antibody responses in immunized animals against multiple unmatched strains. Inovio...

The number of students with flu-like symptoms on the 5Cs peaked in November of this year. In response to the national swine flu outbreak, the 5Cs have taken several preventative measures this semester.

To the Editor: Dr Noah and colleagues found that the mortality rate was lower among patients with severe suspected or confirmed 2009 influenza A(H1N1) and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) who were transferred to 4 specialized centers in the United Kingdom for treatment with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) compared with matched critically ill patients who were not transferred.

NanoViricides, Inc. announced today that it has submitted a pre-IND briefing document to the US FDA. This submission provides the required information for the Company’s highly effective anti-influenza drug candidate, FluCide™, in support of a pre-IND Meeting.

(AP) -- Mexico's federal health secretary says swine flu cases in January have surpassed the number for all of 2011, a year when the virus barely appeared worldwide.