(By Daniel J. DeNoon / WebMD Health News / July 17)
Pandemic swine flu vaccine should be fast-tracked, with vaccinations starting in mid-September — soon after schools open. That recommendation is expected at today’s meeting of the National Biodefense Safety Board (NBSB), an influential board of outside advisors to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius.
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By Thomas H. Maugh II / July 18, 2009 / Los Angeles Times
Experts, who expected a seasonal slowdown, think that more than a million Americans have been infected with pandemic H1N1 influenza. They say a rise in cases is likely when school starts. For complete article, click here.
July 23 (Reuters / by Julie Steenhuysen) – Children who have unexplained seizures and flu-like symptoms should be tested for infection with the H1N1 swine flu virus and treated with flu-fighting drugs, U.S. health officials said on Thursday.
They said four children in Dallas County, Texas, who got the new swine flu virus in late May [...]
(CNN) — At a recent meeting at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], health officials said U.S. demand could reach 600 million doses of vaccine [for H1N1 virus / swine flu], enough for two doses for each of the approximate 300 million people in the United States. That’s in case two doses are [...]
(Los Angeles Times) At least 1 million Americans have now contracted the novel H1N1 influenza, according to mathematical models prepared by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, while data from the field indicates that the virus is continuing to spread even though the normal flu season is over and that an increasing proportion of [...]
