According to CDC data for the week ending 24 October, all but two states are reporting widespread influenza activity. Yet there are a handful news accounts and blogs that are raising the question whether H1N1 has peaked. Examples can be found at LA Times and the skepticist Wisdom Bits. Anyone who has hazarded their savings […]
Categories: Care and Treatment,US News
Tagged: flu, h1n1, influenza, swine flu, US News
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- November 2, 2009 – 7:56 pm
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- By The Editor
H1N1 has been termed a “disease of the young” but all the reasons for this are not clear. In the 30 October issue of Science, researchers from the National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases of the National Institute of Health suggest an answer may be found through closer examination of antigenic drift. Antigenic drift […]
Categories: US News
Tagged: flu, h1n1, influenza, swine flu, US News
- Published:
- November 2, 2009 – 4:10 am
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- By The Editor