ADVISORY/Experts Available to Discuss Decline of Flu Cases.Business Editors ADVISORY... --(BUSINESS WIRE) TOPIC: A report from the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention claims flu cases have declined, as only five states reported widespread activity for the week ending Jan. 17, according to an article by The Associated Press. The report defines "widespread" as having confirmed cases of influenza in at least half of the state. For the week of Dec. 20, 45 states reported widespread flu cases. Delaware, Minnesota, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , Pennsylvania and Vermont continue to have a high level of flu activity. EXPERTS: ExpertSource can offer several highly qualified experts to comment on this story: Dr. Robert E. Black, of Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University, mainly at Baltimore, Md. Johns Hopkins in 1867 had a group of his associates incorporated as the trustees of a university and a hospital, endowing each with $3.5 million. Daniel C. , can share his expertise regarding infectious diseases and epidemic intelligence. 410-955-3934 410-516-8171 (University PR Phone) Lee Harrison, M.D. is an associate professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases and is the director of its Epidemiology Unit at the University of Pittsburgh. He was trained in epidemiology and molecular epidemiology molecular epidemiology Molecular medicine An evolving field that combines the tools of standard epidemiology–case studies, questionnaires and monitoring of exposure to external factors with the tools of molecular biology–eg, restriction endonucleases, in the Epidemic Intelligence Service The Epidemic Intelligence Service is a program of the United States' Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Established in 1951 due to biological warfare concerns arising from the Korean War, it has become a hands-on two-year postgraduate training program in epidemiology, with at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), agency of the U.S. Public Health Service since 1973, with headquarters in Atlanta; it was established in 1946 as the Communicable Disease Center. . His research has focused on the epidemiology and molecular epidemiology of invasive encapsulated bacteria, including Haemophilus influenzae, Streptococcus pneumoniae, group B Streptococcus', and Neisseria meningitidis. 412-624-3137 Dr. John Varras, of the University of Nevada University of Nevada could refer to either of the universities in the Nevada System of Higher Education:
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