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Unlike seasonal flu, which typically infects the very young, the very old and the immuno-compromised, the new flu strain seems to affect young, often healthy people; 57% of the cases reported in the U.S. have occurred in those 5 to 24 years old. Why that's so is still unknown, as is the origin of the virus, although a genetic analysis published today in the journal Nature suggests that H1N1 may have been circulating among humans as early as last August. So far, in the U.S., 13,000 cases of H1N1 have been confirmed, including more than...
...vaccine won't be ready until September at the earliest, and even then, it won't be clear whether that shot will be a good match against the H1N1 influenza virus that will be circulating in the fall, since it may mutate between now and then. (Read "Battling Swine Flu: The Lessons from SARS...
...more about swine flu...
...pictures of the swine flu outbreak in Mexico...
...Vautin has overseen the University Operations Services group since the mid 1990s. He also co-founded the Harvard Green Campus Initiative and more recently played a key role in orchestrating Harvard's response to the outbreak of the H1N1 influenza, commonly known as swine flu...