Government Information: Swine Flu

• H1N1 flu information  - Swine flu information for La Crosse county
  
• Wisconsin's Pandemic Flu Resource - Run by the Wisconsin Department of Health Services
  
• 2009 H1N1 Flu - Information on swine flu from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  
• Flu.gov - Information from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
• Pandemic 2009 - Information on the H1N1 pandemic from the World Health Organization
  

FAST FACTS:

• In February 1976 there was a flu epidemic at Fort Dix in New Jersey. One U.S. Army recruit died.
• Officially named A/New Jersey/76, the new "swine flu" virus strain was deemed similar to the "Spanish flu" pandemic of 1918 that caused tens of millions of deaths around the world.
• The Federal government determined that the U.S. population should be vaccinated against the new swine flu, as soon as a vaccine could be developed.
• By October 1976, 45 million people, 25 percent of the U.S. population, had been vaccinated.
• While there was only the single U.S. death from the 1976 swine flu, 32 Americans died from complications related to the vaccine.
• The immunization program was officially halted on December 16, 1976.

DOCUMENTS LISTED BELOW ARE LOCATED IN BASEMENT

Govt Documents, Federal:

The swine flu affair : decision-making on a slippery disease / Richard E. Neustadt, Harvey V. Fineberg
U.S. Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1978.
Call number: HE 1.2:Sw 6

Larkin, Timothy."The New Flu: What It Is and What Is Being Done About It.";
FDA Consumer. 10:4 (May 1976) p.4-11.
Call number: HE 20.4010:10/4

Larkin, Timothy. "Gearing Up To Prevent a Flu Epidemic," 
FDA Consumer. 10:8 (October 1976) p.10-13.
Call number: HE 20.4010:10/8

Review and evaluation of the swine flu immunization program : hearing before the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, House of Representatives, Ninety-fifth Congress, first session ... September 16, 1977.
Washington : U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1977 [i.e 1978]
Call number: Y 4.In 8/4:95-50

Swine flu immunization program, 1976 : hearing before the Subcommittee on Health of the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, United States Senate, Ninety-fourth Congress, second session ... April 1 and August 5, 1976.
Washington : U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1976.
Call number: Y 4.L 11/2:F 67/976

Suspension of the swine flu immunization program, 1976 : hearing before the Subcommittee on Health of the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, United States Senate, Ninety-fourth Congress, second session ... December 17, 1976.
Washington : U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1977.
Call number: Y 4.L 11/2:Sw 6/976

Govt documents, Microfiche (located in cabinets):

The swine flu program : an unprecedented venture in preventive medicine, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare : report to the Congress / by the Comptroller General of the United States.
[Washington : U.S. General Accounting Office], 1977.
Call number: GA 1.13:HRD-77-115

Patty Jean Tipton and her husband, Ronald Tipton : report (to accompany S. 1488).
[Washington, D.C.? : U.S. G.P.O., 1984]
Call number: Y 1.1/5:98-376