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...host is completely unpredictable, but scientists know that in a lab dish, seasonal and H1N1 flu strains mix and match readily. "I'm thinking we may have dodged a bullet here if in fact we don't get a more severe wave coming on the heels of the current wave," says Redlener. "But we'll see what happens...
...than the seasonal flu, especially for young children. To date, 189 children have died of influenza in the U.S., the majority of them related to H1N1 infection, and that number is already higher than the total number of pediatric deaths attributed to flu in 2008. Lipsitch says that if current trends hold, H1N1 may end up causing as many influenza deaths, if not more, than the seasonal flu, which kills about 36,000 Americans each year. Instead of hitting the elderly the hardest, though, most of the deaths may be among young children and infants. (See pictures of thermal scanners...
...first seven months of the pandemic, from April through mid-November, and represent a large increase over the previous estimates, which included data through mid-October and said H1N1 had killed 4,000 and infected 22 million. But experts said the jump was not surprising, given that the current wave of disease was peaking in early November...
Both Lin and Skinner agreed that the current Crimson squad has improved upon the group that pulled off last year’s upset, which made headlines all over the nation...
...statement, Mueller said Webster would have complete access to necessary information and resources and that Webster would coordinate with existing Department of Defense probes. "It is essential to determine whether there are improvements to our current practices or other authorities that could make us all safer in the future," he said...