WASHINGTON (Reuters) – One of the most systematic looks yet at the swine flu pandemic confirms that it is at worst only a little more serious than an average flu season and could well be a good deal milder, researchers said on Monday.
They analyzed data from Milwaukee and New York, two U.S. cities that have [...]
Weekly update
4 December 2009 — As of 29 November 2009, worldwide more than 207 countries and overseas territories or communities have reported laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 2009, including at least 8768 deaths.
As many countries have stopped counting individual cases, particularly of milder illness, the case count is likely [...]
H1N1 cases starting to dwindle, even as Tamiflu-resistant cluster detected
The pandemic of swine flu may be hitting a peak in the Northern Hemisphere, global health officials said on Friday, but they cautioned it was far from over.
Officials also said they were investigating several troubling outbreaks of drug-resistant H1N1 but noted they were limited so far [...]
Boy diagnosed with Guillain-Barre syndrome, but CDC says no clear link..
A 14-year-old Virginia boy is weak and struggling to walk after coming down with a reported case of Guillain-Barre syndrome within hours after receiving the H1N1 vaccine for swine flu.
Jordan McFarland, a high school athlete from Alexandria, Va., left Inova Fairfax Hospital for Children Tuesday [...]
CDC: 4,000 in U.S. died, including 540 kids, between April and mid-October…
ATLANTA – Swine flu has sickened about 22 million Americans since April and killed nearly 4,000, including 540 children, say startling federal estimates released Thursday.
The figures — a quadrupling of previous death estimates — don’t mean swine flu suddenly has worsened, and most cases [...]
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NEW YORK – Some of New York’s biggest companies, including Wall Street giants Goldman Sachs and Citigroup, received doses of swine flu vaccine for at-risk employees, drawing criticism that the hard-to-find vaccine is going first to the privileged.
Hospitals, universities and the Federal Reserve Bank also got doses of the vaccine for employees who need it [...]
ATLANTA – Only about a third of adults who have tried to get a swine flu vaccine have been able to get it, according to a new national poll released Friday.
That’s true even for people who are at extra risk for severe complications and should be at the front of the line. The numbers are [...]
