Mediatizing Epidemics: News Coverage of the A (H1N1) Influenza Pandemic of 2009 in Argentina, the United States and Venezuela

We use data on confirmed cases of pandemic influenza A(H1N1), disseminated by the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention(US CDC), to fit the parameters of a seasonally forced Susceptible, Infective, Recovered (SIR) model. We use the resulting model to predict the course of the H1N1 influenza pandemic in autumn 2009, and we assess the efficacy of the planned CDC H1N1 vaccination campaign. The model predicts that there will be a significant wave in autumn, with 63% of the population being infected, and that this wave will peak so early that the planned CDC vaccination campaign will likely not have a large effect on the total number of people ultimately infected by the pandemic H1N1 influenza virus.

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A Survey-Based Assessment of United States Clinical Laboratory Response to the 2009 H1N1 Influenza Outbreak

Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine ◽

10.5858/2010-0134-cpr.1 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 134 (11) ◽

pp. 1671-1678

Author(s):

Randall T. Hayden ◽

Megan T. Wick ◽

Alicia B. Rodriguez ◽

Angela M. Caliendo ◽

Michael J. Mitchell ◽

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Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Influenza A ◽

Clinical Laboratory ◽

Influenza Pandemic ◽

H1n1 Influenza ◽

The United States ◽

Critical Element ◽

Emerging Infections ◽

Influenza Outbreak ◽

2009 H1n1

Abstract Context.—The recent outbreak of pandemic influenza created enormous economic, logistical, and analytical challenges for clinical laboratories. Laboratory response represented a critical element in the care of affected patients, but little has been published regarding this aspect of the pandemic. Objective.—To assess the overall response of clinical diagnostic laboratories across the United States to the initial phase of the 2009 H1N1 influenza A pandemic. Design.—A 24-question survey was developed and distributed by e-mail to determine current influenza testing practices and how those practices were changed in response to the outbreak of 2009 H1N1 influenza. The survey was distributed to participants in the College of American Pathologists proficiency testing programs related to viral diagnostics. Survey questions focused on laboratory safety, communication of results, testing volume and resources, and whether changes in resource allocation or laboratory practice were anticipated in preparation for the 2009–2010 influenza season. Results.—A total of 24.3% (931) of laboratories responded to the survey. Overall, few laboratories reported changes in methodology in response to the 2009 H1N1 influenza outbreak, although, notably, the number of centers using molecular amplification methods more than doubled, from 41 to 91. Turn-around time for result reporting and safety methods used were largely as expected for individual testing modalities. Shortages in staffing, testing supplies, and personal protective equipment were reported, but most sites were able to maintain operations and did not feel that patient care was negatively affected. Conclusion.—This report provides a comprehensive picture of clinical laboratory responses in the early stages of the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic. These data should assist in the continued laboratory management of this outbreak and in planning for future emerging infections.

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Faculty Opinions recommendation of Hospitalized patients with 2009 H1N1 influenza in the United States, April-June 2009.

Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature ◽

10.3410/f.1167967.630070 ◽

2009 ◽

Author(s):

Kayvon Modjarrad

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

H1n1 Influenza ◽

The United States ◽

Hospitalized Patients ◽

2009 H1n1

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Media coverage of the unfolding crisis of domestic terrorism in the United States, 1990–2020

Public Relations Inquiry ◽

10.1177/2046147x21996015 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 2046147X2199601

Author(s):

Diana Zulli ◽

Kevin Coe ◽

Zachary Isaacs ◽

Ian Summers

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Public Relations ◽

Crisis Management ◽

Media Coverage ◽

Television News ◽

News Coverage ◽

The United States ◽

Theory And Practice ◽

Domestic Terrorism ◽

Definitional Uncertainty

Public relations research has paid considerable attention to foreign terrorist crises but relatively little attention to domestic ones—despite the growing salience of domestic terrorism in the United States. This study content analyzes 30 years of network television news coverage of domestic terrorism to gain insight into four theoretical issues of enduring interest within the literature on news framing and crisis management: sourcing, contextualization, ideological labeling, and definitional uncertainty. Results indicate that the sources called upon to contextualize domestic terrorism have shifted over time, that ideological labels are more often applied on the right than the left, and that definitional uncertainty has increased markedly in recent years. Implications for the theory and practice of public relations and crisis management are discussed.

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