Archive for October 11th, 2009
The World Health Organization also stopped counting cases in July, after deciding that tracking individual swine flu cases was too overwhelming for countries where the virus was spreading widely. … on how many people go to their doctors with flu -like illness, as well as calls logged to the national flu service. Despite resource limitations and data imperfections, experts say the U.S. system is good enough to alert the experts when major changes occur in the pandemic . …
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Getting infected with this mild form of H1N1 virus actually may be a good thing for HEALTHY people. Cannell said that Blacks and Hispanics were less likely to die from the Spanish flu pandemic because many of them had exposed themselves to similar yet less virulent … The purpose of the CDC’s announcement of the recent rise in reports of pediatric deaths was to alert the public and health care workers to an unusual and early rise of flu fatalities in this flu season. …
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H1N1 Deaths Among Youths Rise as Epidemic Spreads. Posted on October 11, 2009 by niarane. The number of children who have died from swine flu has jumped sharply as the virus continues to spread widely around the United States, … It was the largest number of pediatric deaths reported in a single week since the pandemic began in the spring. “These pediatric deaths seem to be increasing substantially,” said Anne Schuchat, who heads the federal Centers for Disease Control …
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H1N1 Deaths Among Youths Rise as Epidemic Spreads. Posted on October 11, 2009 by niarane. The number of children who have died from swine flu has jumped sharply as the virus continues to spread widely around the United States, … It was the largest number of pediatric deaths reported in a single week since the pandemic began in the spring. “These pediatric deaths seem to be increasing substantially,” said Anne Schuchat, who heads the federal Centers for Disease Control …
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H1N1 Deaths Among Youths Rise as Epidemic Spreads « Flu News Network
The WHO moved its six-point pandemic alert level to the top rung in June in response to the spread of the new virus widely known as swine flu , which has killed at least 4500 people, especially in North America.
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H1N1 flu pandemic could last years - BioMedReports.com