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Editor, Senior Moderator
There?s still a risk of H1N1 infection and still the potential for a third wave
The recent deaths of two men in Florida ? one in Sarasota County (the 17th person to die from the flu in this county) and the other in Palm Beach County (the 14th person to die in the county) - from H1N1 influenza highlights the fact that there?s been an uptick in cases of the novel pandemic flu virus in the southeast region of the United States.
According to authorities, there?s been an unusual level of hospitalizations linked to lab-confirmed H1N1 in Georgia prompted the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to call the uptick a potentially "worrisome trend."
As has been the case with H1N1, most of the hospitalized are adults with chronic medical conditions who were not vaccinated for H1N1.
The regional-level spread of H1N1 in Georgia, Alabama and North Carolina reported by CDC is second only to widespread cases of H1N1 like was experienced in all 50 states during the peak of the second wave of the pandemic.
Localized H1N1 infections have been reported in Puerto Rico and eight states throughout the Southeast: Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia. In addition, cases were reported in Hawaii and New Mexico.
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http://www.hstoday.us/content/view/13154/149/
The recent deaths of two men in Florida ? one in Sarasota County (the 17th person to die from the flu in this county) and the other in Palm Beach County (the 14th person to die in the county) - from H1N1 influenza highlights the fact that there?s been an uptick in cases of the novel pandemic flu virus in the southeast region of the United States.
According to authorities, there?s been an unusual level of hospitalizations linked to lab-confirmed H1N1 in Georgia prompted the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to call the uptick a potentially "worrisome trend."
As has been the case with H1N1, most of the hospitalized are adults with chronic medical conditions who were not vaccinated for H1N1.
The regional-level spread of H1N1 in Georgia, Alabama and North Carolina reported by CDC is second only to widespread cases of H1N1 like was experienced in all 50 states during the peak of the second wave of the pandemic.
Localized H1N1 infections have been reported in Puerto Rico and eight states throughout the Southeast: Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia. In addition, cases were reported in Hawaii and New Mexico.
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http://www.hstoday.us/content/view/13154/149/