REGIONAL — Many people are concerned about the novel H1N1 flu virus. CDC has determined this new H1N1 virus is contagious and is spreading from person-to-person, like seasonal flu.
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CDC says child deaths related to swine flu on rise
WASHINGTON ? The swine flu is causing an unprecedented amount of illness for this early in the fall, with the deaths of 11 more children reported in the past week. And less vaccine than expected will be ready by month’s end, federal health officials said today. Of the 86 children who have died since the new swine flu arose last spring, 43 deaths have been reported in September and early October alone, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported. Rapidly worsening b
CDC: Production of H1N1 flu vaccine lagging
ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) — As more people are getting sick from the H1N1 flu virus , the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reporting that the production of the H1N1 vaccine is slower than expected. The CDC had hoped that about 40 million doses of H1N1, or swine flu, vaccine would be available by the end of October. But due to manufacturing delays, “we think at most it will be 10 to 12 million doses less,” said Dr. Anne Schuchat, CDC ’s director of the National Center for Immunizati
CDC: Production of H1N1 flu vaccine lagging
ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) — As more people are getting sick from the H1N1 flu virus, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reporting that the production of the H1N1 vaccine is slower than expected. The CDC had hoped that about 40 million doses of H1N1, or swine flu, vaccine would be available by the end of October. But due to manufacturing delays, “we think at most it will be 10 to 12 million doses less,” said Dr. Anne Schuchat, CDC’s director of the National Center for Immunization
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Weekly 2009 H1N1 Flu Media Briefing