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Swine Flu – Midday 4-28-2009

April 28th, 2009 | Comments Off

The news media is full of reports of possible, probable and confirmed cases throughout the United States. The CDC updated its numbers last about two hours ago. U.S. Human Cases of Swine Flu Infection (As of April 28, 2009 11:00 AM ET) State # of laboratory confirmed cases California 10 cases Kansas 2 cases New York City 45 cases Ohio 1 case Texas 6 cases TOTAL COUNT 64 cases International Human Cases of Swine Flu Infection See: World Health Organization Indiana’s Health Department is reporting 1 case. California reports 1 more than the CDC. New Jersey is reporting 5 probable cases. Neither Florida or North Carolina currently have any swine flu cases reported on their website. The New York City site continues to have only the cases from St. Francis. Previous in series Next in seriesTable of contents for Swine flu outbreak 2009Swine Flu OutbreakWHO Press Release on Swine FluNew Swine … Read entire article »

Filed under: Influenza, Medicine, Pandemic, Swine Flu

CDC Briefing on Swine Flu for 4-26-2009

April 26th, 2009 | Comments Off

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) held a briefing this afternoon. Anne Schuchat, M.D., Interim Deputy Director for Science and Public Health Program and Daniel Jernigan, M.D., Ph.D., Medical Epidemiology, Influenza Division were the briefers. There are 20 laboratory confirmed cases of the swine flu in the United States, from 5 states. 1 patient required hospitalization. All the patients have recovered. Human to human transmission has been confirmed. Patient ages range from 7 to 54. All the US cases have recovered without antiviral treatment. High fever, sore throat, muscle aches, possible vomiting or diarrhea are the symptoms these patients experienced. The tested viruses are sensitive to Tamiflu and Relenza. The interventions by the CDC and state and local governments will vary by locality. Listen to your state and local health departments for information … Read entire article »

Filed under: Influenza, Medicine, Original writing, Pandemic, Reporting, Swine Flu

Influenza Activity for Week 1 2009

January 21st, 2009 | Comments Off

Influenza Activity for Week 1 2009

We tolerate the “flu season” just as we once tolerated the annual “yellow fever season”. The CDC is making every effort to change our perception so that we no longer see the flu as routine. As always, the caveat that the CDC information is up to two weeks behind when released publicly. CDC: CDC has antigenically characterized 158 influenza viruses [93 influenza A (H1), 13 influenza A (H3) and 52 influenza B viruses] collected by U.S. laboratories since … Read entire article »

Filed under: Influenza, Medicine