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WPR PROGRAMS ABOUT H1N1 OR SWINE FLU

Oct 05, 2009
8:00 AM

Joy Cardin  - 10/05C

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Get the latest on what's happening around Wisconsin Public Radio - from the recent H1N1 flu special to the upcoming pledge drive. WPR's director and Chief Operating officers join Joy Cardin after eight.

Guests: Phil Corriveau, Director of Wisconsin Public Radio
Mike Crane, Chief Operating Officer of Wisconsin Public Radio



Sep 25, 2009
7:00 PM

SPECIAL PROGRAM: Here and Now - Preparing for H1N1

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Shawn Johnson and Frederica Freyberg co-host a special hour-long "Here and Now: Preparing for H1N1". They talk with experts about what you can do to get ready for the flu season. Call in during the hour, or e-mail your questions anytime to H1N1@wpr.org. For more information go to www.wpr.org/flu Guests: Dr. Nasia Safdar, state epidemiologist Jeff Davis, Milwaukee Public Health Commissioner Bevan Baker, and Educational specialist Sue Todey.


Sep 21, 2009
7:30 AM

Gene Purcell in for Joy Cardin  - 09/21X

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At seven-thirty, an update on swine flu, when Gene Purcell talks with one of the State’s top disease experts. Find out what Wisconsin is doing to prepare for the disease…and what you can do to avoid it.

Guest: Dr. Jeffrey Davis, Chief Medical Officer and State Epidemiologist for Communicable Diseases.



Sep 03, 2009
4:00 PM

At Issue with Ben Merens  - 09/03L

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This fall, experts are predicating swine flu to return more dangerous and widespread than it was last spring. After four, join Ben Merens and his guest as they discuss the re-emergence of the H1N1 virus.

GUEST: JoLynn Montgomery is a research investigator at the University of Michigan School of Public Health Department of Epidemiology. She is also the director of the Michigan Center for Public Health Preparedness.



Aug 25, 2009
6:00 AM

Gene Purcell in for Joy Cardin  - 08/25A

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With back-to-school just around the corner, Gene Purcell talks with an influenza expert about how worried we should be about swine flu, and what we can do to prepare.

Guests: Dr. Richard Bradley, Chief, Division of EMS and Disaster Medicine, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston. Stephen Morse, Professor of Epidemiology at Columbia University


WPR NEWS FEATURES ON H1N1 OR SWINE FLU

10/27/09 - Buyer beware - there’s no cure for H1N1 despite what scammers say
Con artists playing on the fears of the flu pandemic have the federal government putting out a list of 139 fraudulent products boasting cures or treatments for the H1N1 flu. That's not unusual. Mike Simonson reports that the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic had lots of quack remedies...
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10/16/09 - First responders administered H1N1 flu vaccine
Some Wisconsin nurses, firefighters and emergency response personnel are starting to get a whiff of the H1N1 flu vaccine. Chuck Quirmbach reports...
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10/08/09 - H1N1 closes school in Wisconsin Dells
Two thirds of the counties in Wisconsin are reporting elevated flu activity. State health officials say nearly all of that is H1N1, which shut down 5 schools in the Wisconsin Dells area. Shamane Mills reports… Listen using RealPlayer Length 0:54

09/25/09 - Pandemic Flu: 1918 and Now- Part 5
The state's largest outbreak of the H-1-N-1 virus last spring and summer was in Milwaukee. Several people died. About two-thousand got sick. Some schools shut down for days. As our series on H1N1 concludes, Chuck Quirmbach has details on how the city hopes to PREVENT a major outbreak this fall… Listen using RealPlayer Length: 3:24

09/24/09 - Pandemic Flu: 1918 and Now - Part 4
State health officials say the H1N1 virus is acting more like seasonal flu this fall. However, state, county, and local reps have been planning for the worst if the virus should mutate. Danielle Kaeding reports in our fourth installment about pandemic planning and those preparing in La Crosse County… Listen using RealPlayer Length: 3:27

09/23/09 - Pandemic Flu: 1918 and Now- Part 3
More than 84-hundred people died in Wisconsin from the 1918 Spanish Influenza outbreak. But the state's quick response might have kept things from getting worse. Today in our series on the 1918 flu, and this year's H1N1 outbreak, Michael Leland looks at the state's response then, and possible lessons for today…
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09/23/09 - Dept of Health Services talks tactics for battling H1N1
As part of an ongoing in-depth look at the latest H1N1 outbreak, Terry Bell talks to Stephanie Marquis - a spokeswoman for the Wisconsin Department of Health Services - about how best to deal with infection and the availability of vaccines…
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09/22/09 - Pandemic Flu: 1918 and Now - Part 2
The 1918 Spanish Influenza outbreak killed at least 500,000 people in the United States. Health officials expect the H1N1 outbreak this flu season to be serious, but not nearly as deadly. This virus is different from the Spanish flu of 1918, and so is the means to contain it. Shamane Mills has today's segment of our series on the H1N1 virus...
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09/21/09 - Pandemic Flu: 1918 and Now - Part 1
Today's H1N1 flu is highly contagious. It's considered a worldwide pandemic. But it is mild compared to the Spanish Flu Pandemic which killed up to 50 million people in 1918 and 1919. Wisconsin didn't escape the tragedy. We begin our series on "Pandemic Flu: 1918 and now". Mike Simonson has our first report from Superior...
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09/16/09 - Flu hits UW-Superior
The first cases of what are suspected to be the H1N1 flu have been reported at Wisconsin's northern-most campus this week. Mike Simonson reports from Superior...
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09/11/09 - Flu isolation available at some UW campuses
Two campuses in the UW System are making an extra effort to keep sick students isolated as a precaution against spread of the h1n1 flu. Shamane Mills reports...
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WISCONSIN PUBLIC TELEVSION FEATURES
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Dr. Dennis Maki talks about climate's impact on the spread of influenza as well as his views of longevity of the flu in Wisconsin.
WPT's Here and Now   05/01/2009

Dr. David Andes, Associate professor in the UW School of Medicine & Public Health, discusses the spread of the H1N1 virus which has now reached the pandemic level in the Milwaukee area.
WPT's Here and Now   06/26/2009

Dr. Seth Foldy, Wisconsin's Public Health Director, outlines the chain of command and the steps Wisconsinites should take in the face of an imminent flu pandemic.
WPT's Here and Now   05/01/2009

UW researcher details H1N1 discoveries

From WPT's "Here and Now", July 17, 2009
Professor of virology at the University of Wisconsin Yoshihiro Kawaoka and his lab recently discovered that adults 64 and older may not be immune to the H1N1 virus as previously believed. Prof. Kawaoka mets with Here & Now's Frederica Freyberg to discuss how these new discoveries could change how public health departments react to the virus in the fall of 2009 when incidents of H1N1 are expected to increase.

OTHER RESOURCES ABOUT H1N1 SWINE FLU
The Public Service video "H1N1 Rap by Dr. Clarke" (left) won a Contest created by the US Department of Health and Human Services. The video called "Hazmat" (below) was a finalist. See their YouTube channel.

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