On Monday (January 4), China stated that it had logged down 659 swine flu death cases in 2009, with almost all of them were occurred in the last 2 months of the year. Even until now, China still warned its people about the danger of mass outbreaks that is still occurring in some specific areas.
Children are twice as likely as adults to catch swine flu, according to a joint UK-US study. Imperial College London researchers and a team from the US looked at how the virus spread among families. Their experiment involved more than 800 people as their experimental objects, and the result showed that although children catch the swine flu easier than adults, they are not more contagious than older people or “super spreadersâ€.
Although many believe that the third wave is more likely, State public health department confirms nothing but urging all residents to get the H1N1 vaccine. California is only one of 7 other states where Swine Flu is widespread, but a variety of indicators suggest that this wave of the pandemic is abating even here, Dr. Mark Horton, director of the state Department of Public Health, said at a news conference Thursday (December 24).
H1N1 has been an authentic concern to most of the people across the globe, most recently ones in Massachusetts. Now, a review of disease surveillance records by Massachusetts health authorities has found that one chronic condition is far more common than any other among patients hospitalized with H1N1 infections: asthma.
On Thursday (January 7), California State Health officer said that practically all districts in California now have a profusion of H1N1 vaccine. Through a conference call, Dr. Mark Horton announced that the area has accepted about 15 million prescribed amount of the vaccine, just about two-thirds of the supply the state is anticipated to get of the H1N1 vaccine this term.
The vaccine used for hundreds of thousands of children was recalled, because after undergoing some tests it is proven that those vaccine are not strong enough or as the government put it ‘has lost some of its strength’. Unfortunately the vaccine which was made by Sanofi Pasteur was already being distributed across the country last month and most have already been used, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The 800,000 pre-filled syringes that were recalled are for young children, ages 6 months to nearly 3 years.
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