ATLANTA – Nine more pediatric deaths are being reported from flu and pneumonia despite declines in overall Swine Flu infections in most part of the U.S. Three of the child deaths were confirmed to be from Swine Flu, four were suspected of being Swine Flu but could not be sub-typed while two were confirmed to [...]
ATLANTA – Nine more pediatric deaths caused by Swine Flu have been reported to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and CDC director Thomas R. Frieden says the new virus has produced five time more fatalities among children than a regular flu season. (Watch video at bottom of page.) “Nine influenza-associated pediatric deaths were reported [...]
ATLANTA – Swine Flu hospitalizations jumped by 2,170 cases in the U.S. and the Centers for Disease Control, CDC, states an additional 109 deaths were reported including 15 new pediatric deaths suspected of being caused by the virus. “The proportion of deaths attributed to pneumonia and influenza (P&I) was above the epidemic threshold for the [...]
ATLANTA – Deaths attributed to pneumonia and influenza remained above the epidemic threshold for the seventh consecutive week across the U.S. with 21 pediatric deaths reported to the Centers for Disease Control. Of the 21 deaths, 15 were positive for Swine Flu while six were not sub-typed. A total of 171 child deaths from Swine [...]
ATLANTA – U.S pediatric deaths from Swine Flu continued to mount with the Centers for Disease Control reporting 26 confirmed and eight unconformed deaths from the virus in one week. Since Aug. 30, 98 pediatric deaths have been confirmed from Swine Flu while 19 deaths remained unsubtyped but were probably caused by the H1N1 virus. [...]
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