Influenza Resources
Please find helpful links below to information from the Centers of Disease Control (CDC) and Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH) on preventing and treating seasonal and H1N1 flu.
Flu: What You Can Do - Caring for People at Home" Series
Massachusetts Department of Health & Human Services (MDPH) offers a series of general flu-related documents to the public in several languages including the following:
What You Can Do - Caring for People at Home Booklet
What You Can Do - My Flu Care Information - this form helps you organize essential contact and health information.
What You Can Do - Household Supply List - this lists the supplies you will need to prepare your home and care for family members with flu.
What You Can Do - Information Summary for the Doctor - this form helps you organize important information about your family member for your doctors phone call.
H1N1 Influenza (Swine Flu) Fact Sheets (MDPH)
- English
- Arabic
- Chinese
- French
- Haitian Creole
- Khmer
- Korean
- Portuguese - gripe suína
- Somali
- Spanish - gripe porcina
- Russian
- Thai
- Vietnamese
Additional Fact Sheets (MDPH)
- Fact Sheet - Seasonal Flu - this features facts about preventing and treating seasonal flu
- Fact Sheet - Dehydration and the Flu - this features facts about preventing and treating dehydration associated with the flu
- Fact Sheet - Fever and the Flu - this features facts about preventing and treating fever associated with the flu
General Information
- Flu Vaccines & Vaccine Safety (MDPH)
- Flu Symptoms Checklist (MDPH)
- Home Isolation: Instructions for Patients with Suspect, Probable, or Confirmed Influenza (MDPH)
- H1N1 Influenza (Swine Flu) General Information (CDC)
- Coping with the Stress of 2009 H1N1 Flu (MDPH)
Symptoms & Treatment
Information for Parents & Care Providers
- H1N1 Virus (Swine Flu) Information for Parents (MDPH)
- Information for Parents Concerned About H1N1 (Swine Flu) in Schools (MDPH)
- Talking with your kids (MDPH)
- Advice for Parents Talking to Children (CDC)
- Information for Concerned Parents & Caregivers (CDC)
- Taking Care of a Sick Person in Your Home (CDC)
- Information for Child Care Providers (CDC)
Guidance for Pregnant and Breastfeeding Women
- H1N1 Influenza Vaccine and Pregnant Women
- Breastfeeding Your Baby: What Parents Should Know (CDC)
- Information for Pregnant Women in Education, Child Care, and Health Care (CDC)
- What Pregnant Women Should Know About H1N1 (formerly called swine flu) Virus (CDC)
The CDC also offers a variety of H1N1 Influenza audio and video resources. Click here for links to a webcast, podcasts, public service announcements, press briefings, and social media.
The MDPH also offers an H1N1 Influenza-related blog in which they include the most up-to-date information on H1N1 Influenza in Massachusetts. Click here to view the blog.
You can also dial 2-1-1, for more health and human services information.