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CDC expert says flu outbreak is dying down — for now The nation’s epidemic of new H1N1 flu may have peaked except in New York, New Jersey and New England, a leading federal health expert said Tuesday. “In the country as a whole, influenza is starting to decrease,” says Ann Schuchat of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Seasonal flu is on the decline. Novel H1N1, swine flu, is not. In a classic example of bureaucratic obfuscation, the CDC is now announcing case numbers only on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. The count on Monday, May 25, was only 212 more than Friday, May 22. Of course, almost none of the state health departments counted over the weekend. The CDC continues to post out of date numbers for California and Wisconsin, two states … Read entire article »