sharon sanders
Editor-in-Chief & President
Oct. 28 (Bloomberg) -- San Diego health officials said that the county expected to run out of swine flu vaccine yesterday after receiving only 25 percent of the 411,000 doses anticipated for October, as reports of shortages nationwide mount.
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The U.S. received 8.3 million more doses of H1N1 vaccine from drugmakers in the last week, bringing the total available for distribution to 22.4 million, said Thomas Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. The supply isn’t enough, he said in a call yesterday with reporters. Local officials and doctors agree.
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While the U.S. may receive 42 million doses from the drugmakers to distribute to states by mid-November, that is 8 million fewer than earlier U.S. estimates, Lurie said. Local health departments are already feeling the pinch.
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‘Tremendous Lines’
With temperatures in the high 80s, “we had tremendous lines” that lasted for hours over the weekend at pediatrician offices, pharmacies and clinics, Sunenshine said.
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Younger Population
While H1N1 produces similar symptoms as seasonal flu, it is targeting a younger population and can lead to severe illness and death. The seasonal flu kills about 36,000 people a year in the U.S., though the majority of those deaths are in people over the age of 80.
Ninety-five children 17 years old or younger have died from confirmed swine flu since April 2009, more than the toll for a typical year of influenza, according to the CDC Web site.
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http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aT_HztbPi_mM
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The U.S. received 8.3 million more doses of H1N1 vaccine from drugmakers in the last week, bringing the total available for distribution to 22.4 million, said Thomas Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. The supply isn’t enough, he said in a call yesterday with reporters. Local officials and doctors agree.
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While the U.S. may receive 42 million doses from the drugmakers to distribute to states by mid-November, that is 8 million fewer than earlier U.S. estimates, Lurie said. Local health departments are already feeling the pinch.
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‘Tremendous Lines’
With temperatures in the high 80s, “we had tremendous lines” that lasted for hours over the weekend at pediatrician offices, pharmacies and clinics, Sunenshine said.
snip
Younger Population
While H1N1 produces similar symptoms as seasonal flu, it is targeting a younger population and can lead to severe illness and death. The seasonal flu kills about 36,000 people a year in the U.S., though the majority of those deaths are in people over the age of 80.
Ninety-five children 17 years old or younger have died from confirmed swine flu since April 2009, more than the toll for a typical year of influenza, according to the CDC Web site.
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http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aT_HztbPi_mM