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U.S. Rep. Latham: H1N1 the subject of October congressional report, Latham hosts nurse to talk about flu
10/7/2009

Contact: Fred Love 202-225-5476 fred.love@mail.house.gov



WASHINGTON, DC – Iowa Congressman Tom Latham leads a discussion on H1N1 influenza during the latest episode of the Congressional Report, Latham’s monthly television show that airs throughout Iowa and is available online.

Sharon Stanley, chief nurse of the American Red Cross, joins Latham to discuss the origin of H1N1 and how Americans can protect themselves and their families from getting sick. The informative episode also features a discussion on the availability of vaccines to fight the influenza.

“H1N1 continues to be a major concern for American families as we get closer to the fall and winter,” Congressman Latham said during the show. “Authorities have confirmed cases across the country and around the world, but the strategies discussed on the show today will help keep you and your family from getting sick.”

Stanley said that the H1N1 strain is having an unusually severe impact on younger populations, which differentiates it from the normal seasonal flu strain.

“The biggest factor in the difference of this particular strain is that it is affecting young people,” Stanley said. “And you talk about risk categories of people getting this flu and becoming seriously ill, it is affecting our young population.”

The “Congressional Report” airs statewide in Iowa on Mediacom Channel 22 on Wednesdays at 4 p.m. and on Sundays at 10:30 a.m. Episodes of the television show are also available on Congressman Latham’s Web site, http://www.Latham.House.Gov, and on his YouTube channel, http://www.youtube.com/user/CongressmanTomLatham.

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