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US Swine flu deaths spike nationally
Hillsborough County Headlines Examiner
Tampa August 9, 10:19 AM
H1N1 vaccine is expected to be ready by fall.
This past week a 28-year-old woman became the third person in Hillsborough County to die after contracting the H1N1 flu virus.
As with the two men in their 40s who died in July, the woman reportedly had prior medical conditions.
According to Florida records, the state had 31 confirmed deaths related to H1N1 as of July 26. Nationally "swine flu" cases have grown from 353 to 436 recently, with 83 recorded in one week — a spike of nearly 25 percent.
And as "hot spots" go, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that Puerto Rico, New Jersey, Maine, Hawaii, and California are experiencing widespread flu activity.
Generally the H1N1 is mild, and most people infected with it recover within a week, but the persistence of the virus has health officials especially concerned.
Flu cases usually subside in the summer, but not so with the H1N1 and historically viruses often mutate making the second wave stronger than the first.
This fact worries health officials as they look toward the impending school year as well as what is considered flu season — October to April — with Florida's peak in January and February.
According to the CDC, the H1N1 virus has been isolated and modified in order to make hundreds of millions of doses of vaccine. The production of a vaccine "is a multi-step process which takes several months to complete," says the CDC, with "the novel H1N1 vaccine is expected to be available in the fall."
The center’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recently targeted what groups should receive the vaccine when it becomes available. They include: pregnant women; people who live with or care for children younger than 6 months of age; health care and emergency medical services personnel with direct patient contact; children 6 months through 4 years of age; and children 5 through 18 years of age who have chronic medical conditions.
According to News Channel 8, Hillsborough health officials are "preparing to distribute a vaccine for H1N1 as soon as it becomes available" and that the county is planning for the possibility of school-wide vaccinations in mid-October.
http://www.examiner.com/x-6453-Hill...er~y2009m8d9-Swine-flu-cases-spike-nationally
Hillsborough County Headlines Examiner
Tampa August 9, 10:19 AM
H1N1 vaccine is expected to be ready by fall.
This past week a 28-year-old woman became the third person in Hillsborough County to die after contracting the H1N1 flu virus.
As with the two men in their 40s who died in July, the woman reportedly had prior medical conditions.
According to Florida records, the state had 31 confirmed deaths related to H1N1 as of July 26. Nationally "swine flu" cases have grown from 353 to 436 recently, with 83 recorded in one week — a spike of nearly 25 percent.
And as "hot spots" go, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that Puerto Rico, New Jersey, Maine, Hawaii, and California are experiencing widespread flu activity.
Generally the H1N1 is mild, and most people infected with it recover within a week, but the persistence of the virus has health officials especially concerned.
Flu cases usually subside in the summer, but not so with the H1N1 and historically viruses often mutate making the second wave stronger than the first.
This fact worries health officials as they look toward the impending school year as well as what is considered flu season — October to April — with Florida's peak in January and February.
According to the CDC, the H1N1 virus has been isolated and modified in order to make hundreds of millions of doses of vaccine. The production of a vaccine "is a multi-step process which takes several months to complete," says the CDC, with "the novel H1N1 vaccine is expected to be available in the fall."
The center’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recently targeted what groups should receive the vaccine when it becomes available. They include: pregnant women; people who live with or care for children younger than 6 months of age; health care and emergency medical services personnel with direct patient contact; children 6 months through 4 years of age; and children 5 through 18 years of age who have chronic medical conditions.
According to News Channel 8, Hillsborough health officials are "preparing to distribute a vaccine for H1N1 as soon as it becomes available" and that the county is planning for the possibility of school-wide vaccinations in mid-October.
http://www.examiner.com/x-6453-Hill...er~y2009m8d9-Swine-flu-cases-spike-nationally