AP - Swine flu cases are down, but health officials say the disease’s cumulative impact has grown to 57 million U.S. illnesses, 257,000 hospitalizations and 11,690 deaths.[Read more...]
AP - Swine flu infections continue to drop and only one state — Alabama — was reporting widespread cases last week.[Read more...]
AP - How contagious is swine flu? Less than the novel viruses that have caused big world outbreaks in the past, new research suggests.[Read more...]
AP - Swine flu is not only dangerous to pregnant women, but it’s a threat to new mothers too, the first study to document this risk shows. An analysis of pregnant women and new mothers who were hospitalized with swine flu in California found that those who had a baby in the previous two weeks [...]
AP - Swine flu infections continue to wane, just as vaccine is becoming plentiful enough that some communities are allowing everyone to get it, not just those in priority groups.[Read more...]
AP - Drug giant GlaxoSmithKline says one of its swine flu vaccines has been certified by the World Health Organization, making it available for donors to buy for developing countries.[Read more...]
AP - Swine flu infections seem to be dropping, but the number of children who died with the illness rose by about 30, according to a government report released Monday.[Read more...]
AP - The World Health Organization says isolated cases of drug-resistant swine flu in Britain and the United States have not changed the agency’s assessment of the disease.[Read more...]
There are 300 intensive care beds for children There could be a shortage of intensive care beds for children this winter because of swine flu, experts say.Cambridge University researchers used official government predictions to look at how UK hospitals would cope. They said [...]
AP - Estimates of deaths caused by the swine flu have grown to nearly 4,000 since April, roughly quadrupling previous estimates. But that doesn’t mean swine flu suddenly has worsened.[Read more...]
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