AMA Unveils Flu Assessment Tool

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Updated May 28, 2025

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The American Medical Association (AMA) launched AMAfluhelp.org, a comprehensive Web-based patient flu health-assessment program. It walks patients through a series of questions to determine the severity of their flu symptoms based upon the latest Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention guidelines. With the influenza state of emergency with us, you can never have too many of these useful gadgets and widgets around. 

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FDA FAQ On IV Peramivir To Treat H1N1 Flu

Updated October 24, 2023

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Recently, the FDA Says Yes to IV Peramivir To Treat Flu. Now here's the FDA followup with Peramivir IV Questions and Answers for Health Care Providers. It's a pretty comprehensive collection of over 20 questions and answers, and concludes with a set of related links. 

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FDA Says Yes to IV Peramivir To Treat Flu

The FDA announced today that it has issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for the investigational antiviral drug peramivir intravenous (IV) in certain adult and pediatric patients with confirmed or suspected 2009 H1N1 influenza infection who are admitted to a hospital. Specifically, IV peramivir is authorized only for hospitalized adult and pediatric patients for whom therapy with an IV drug is clinically appropriate, based on one or more of the following reasons:

• the patient is not responding to either oral or inhaled antiviral therapy, or
• when drug delivery by a route other than an intravenous route -- e.g., enteral (absorbed by the intestines) or inhaled -- is not expected to be dependable or feasible;
• for adults only, when the clinician judges IV therapy is appropriate due to other circumstances.

I've been following this drug for sometime now, and I'm glad to see that it's found a niche during this flu pandemic. Additional Related Information From The FDA: EUA Letter of Authorization EUA Fact Sheet for Health Care Providers EUA Fact Sheet for Patients and Parents/Caregivers Information for Healthcare Professionals Sheet (HCP) on mandatory adverse event reporting for emergency use of peramivir under EUA 

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FDA Search Widget of Fraudulent H1N1 Products

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Updated March 10, 2022

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H1N1 Fraudulent Products

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Sorry, I couldn't resist. I hope you find this amusing, What Is Wine Flu? Just in case you really wanted info on the swine flu, check out the CDC 2009 H1N1 Flu (Swine Flu) web pages. 

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FDA Posts Current Flu Info and Resources

The FDA is doing its best to provide current information and resources about the 2009 H1N1 (Swine) Flu Virus. The following are 2 of their information-packed and massive link collections to find just about anything you can think of related to the swine flu. FDA - 2009 H1N1 (Swine) Flu Virus FDA - Influenza (Flu) Antiviral Drugs and Related Information 

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