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New Books at Kellogg

An Introduction to Qualitative Research - Flick, Uwe
Call Number: H 62 F621i 2009
International Travel & Health - World Health Organization
Call Number: REF WA 110 V116 2009
Essentials of epidemiology in public health - Ann Aschengrau, George R. Seage III
Call Number: WA 950 A813e 2008
ISBN/ISSN: 9780763740252
Coalitions and partnerships in community health - Frances Dunn Butterfoss
Call Number: WA 546.1 B9877c 2007
ISBN/ISSN: 9780787987855
The health of populations: general theories and particular realities - Stephen J. Kunitz
Call Number: WA 105 K96h 2007
ISBN/ISSN: 9780195308075

Latest H1N1 (Swine Influenza) Resources

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Maps, graphs & statistics

Google Maps provides mashup site tracking latest reports of H1N1 cases

HealthMap.org map and case reports

Track the outbreak using crowdsourced data at Ushahidi.com

Public Health Agency of Canada Human Swine Influenza page

Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (USA) Swine Influenza page

World Health Organization (WHO) Swine Influenza page - Current pandemic alert level

Ministry of Foreign Affairs & International Trade issues travel warning for Mexico

Clinical information

Swine flu clinical summary from DynaMed

Information for patients from MedlinePlus

Track the outbreak using Web 2.0 & social networks

Download the "Outbreaks Near Me" app for iPhone/iPod Touch

CDC on Twitter

HealthMap.org Twitter updates

Dr. Sanjay Gupta (CNN) Twitter updates from Mexico

Search Twitter or browse trending topics (Swine Flu or #swineflu)

Reddit.com trending health news (news aggregator)

Technorati.com trending swine flu information (blog post aggregator)

Canadian news websites & Twitter updates

Chronicle Herald (Halifax, NS) -- Twitter

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CBC Health News -- Twitter

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