Stanford Medicine is closely following the 2010 flu season.

We want to update you on our related activities at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, Stanford Hospital & Clinics and Stanford School of Medicine and provide you with information about the flu and how to keep healthy.

Prepare for Flu Season

Background on Influenza

• Yvonne Maldonado, MD, chief of infectious diseases at Packard Children's Hospital, on the difference between influenza and the common cold

Please visit the sites below for the latest information on the flu and how to stay healthy:

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Flu Web site
• Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades

Research at Stanford

• Study of vaccine effect on mitochondrial disorder seeks participants (10/07/10)
• Influenza vaccine trials need participants at Stanford (10/04/10)

Stanford Preparedness

• Packard Children’s and Stanford Hospitals well-prepared if H1N1 flu cases arise
• Drive-through diagnosis tested at emergency department
• Information for Stanford University faculty, students and staff
• Office of Emergency Management at Stanford Hospital & Clinics

Media Contact

Liat Kobza

(650) 723-1462

Community Coordination

Stanford Medicine's infection control team is working closely with local public health officials.

• Santa Clara County Public Health Department
  • You can also call the county's call center at (408) 885-3980.
• San Mateo County Health System
• Alameda County Public Health Department
• San Francisco Department of Public Health
• County of Santa Cruz Health Services Agency