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Re: FluTrackers Invited to Washington D.C. to Media Session on H1N1
Re: FluTrackers Invited to Washington D.C. to Media Session on H1N1
Instead of engaging in various conspiracy stories let's deal with the real problems like the following article as it relates to one of the at risk groups:
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Swine Flu Killed 36 Kids, Most With Brain Disorders (Update1)
2009-09-03 22:27:55.667 GMT
(Adds CDC director’s comments beginning in fourth
paragraph.)
By Tom Randall
Sept. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Swine flu has killed at least 36
children in the U.S. since April and proved deadliest for kids
with brain disorders or bacterial infections such as strep, a
study found.
Two-thirds of the children had underlying health
conditions, and more than 90 percent of those conditions were
brain related, including developmental delay, epilepsy and
cerebral palsy, according to today’s report by the U.S. Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention.
U.S. health officials plan a vaccination campaign for mid-
October that will focus on the most-affected patient groups,
including children, pregnant women and adults with underlying
health conditions. Kids with the flu who are hospitalized or
have chronic health conditions should be given antiviral
medications as soon as possible, the CDC said today.
“The take-home message from this study is that
particularly kids with underlying conditions need to be treated
promptly if they develop fever,” said Thomas Frieden, director
of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in a
conference call in Atlanta.
Fastest Moving
Swine flu, also known as H1N1, is the fastest-moving
influenza pandemic, sweeping across 177 countries since it was
identified in April, according to the CDC. As many as 1 million
people have been infected in New York alone, city health
commissioner Tom Farley said at a press conference Sept. 1.
Children accounted for 7.5 percent of the 477 U.S. deaths
confirmed by laboratory tests from April to Aug. 8, the CDC said
today. Those numbers underreport the actual fatality totals
because many patients are never tested for swine flu, the CDC
said.
Doctors and hospitals have reported scattered outbreaks
across the U.S., with the largest concentration in southeastern
states, the CDC’s Frieden said today. Each year there are 50 to
100 deaths from swine flu, Frieden said. The cases in today’s
report are unusual because they occurred during summer months,
when flu usually isn’t active.
“When you get the flu, your immune system can be a little
weakened; you can be more susceptible to other infections,”
Frieden said. “That’s an important message for doctors: to know
that if someone has the flu and they get better and then they
get worse again with a fever, that’s a clue that maybe they
should be treated with antibiotics.”
Seasonal flu kills about 36,000 people each year,
according to the CDC. Neurological disorders are also associated
with increased risk for death from seasonal flu, though appear
to have a greater impact with swine flu, according to today’s
report.
Re: FluTrackers Invited to Washington D.C. to Media Session on H1N1
Instead of engaging in various conspiracy stories let's deal with the real problems like the following article as it relates to one of the at risk groups:
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Swine Flu Killed 36 Kids, Most With Brain Disorders (Update1)
2009-09-03 22:27:55.667 GMT
(Adds CDC director’s comments beginning in fourth
paragraph.)
By Tom Randall
Sept. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Swine flu has killed at least 36
children in the U.S. since April and proved deadliest for kids
with brain disorders or bacterial infections such as strep, a
study found.
Two-thirds of the children had underlying health
conditions, and more than 90 percent of those conditions were
brain related, including developmental delay, epilepsy and
cerebral palsy, according to today’s report by the U.S. Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention.
U.S. health officials plan a vaccination campaign for mid-
October that will focus on the most-affected patient groups,
including children, pregnant women and adults with underlying
health conditions. Kids with the flu who are hospitalized or
have chronic health conditions should be given antiviral
medications as soon as possible, the CDC said today.
“The take-home message from this study is that
particularly kids with underlying conditions need to be treated
promptly if they develop fever,” said Thomas Frieden, director
of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in a
conference call in Atlanta.
Fastest Moving
Swine flu, also known as H1N1, is the fastest-moving
influenza pandemic, sweeping across 177 countries since it was
identified in April, according to the CDC. As many as 1 million
people have been infected in New York alone, city health
commissioner Tom Farley said at a press conference Sept. 1.
Children accounted for 7.5 percent of the 477 U.S. deaths
confirmed by laboratory tests from April to Aug. 8, the CDC said
today. Those numbers underreport the actual fatality totals
because many patients are never tested for swine flu, the CDC
said.
Doctors and hospitals have reported scattered outbreaks
across the U.S., with the largest concentration in southeastern
states, the CDC’s Frieden said today. Each year there are 50 to
100 deaths from swine flu, Frieden said. The cases in today’s
report are unusual because they occurred during summer months,
when flu usually isn’t active.
“When you get the flu, your immune system can be a little
weakened; you can be more susceptible to other infections,”
Frieden said. “That’s an important message for doctors: to know
that if someone has the flu and they get better and then they
get worse again with a fever, that’s a clue that maybe they
should be treated with antibiotics.”
Seasonal flu kills about 36,000 people each year,
according to the CDC. Neurological disorders are also associated
with increased risk for death from seasonal flu, though appear
to have a greater impact with swine flu, according to today’s
report.
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