The level of flu activity across the nation has dropped for the fourth week in a row, federal health officials reported Monday, indicating that the second wave of the swine flu pandemic in the United States has peaked.
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New swine flu infections continue to drop across the United States, according to figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
About 7,000 more Louisianians have been added to the total of estimated cases of swine flu since last week’s report on the outbreak, but the state Department of Health and Hospitals’ death toll remained at 39, according to figures released Monday.
Chris Granger / The Times-Picayune People wait for free swine flu shots from the Greater New Orleans Immunization Network's mobile bus, top right, on Nov. 3 in New Orleans.
ATLANTA -- Swine flu infections seem to be dropping, but the number of children who died with the illness rose by about 30, according to a government report released Monday. Widespread infections of swine flu were reported in 32 states as of Nov. 21, down from 43 states the week before, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials said. The CDC also said there were 27 new lab ...
Swine flu infections seem to be dropping, but the number of children who died with the illness rose by about 30, according to a government report released Monday.
Swine flu continues to wane across the United States, but it has killed more than 30 children since the last count, U.S. health officials said on Monday.
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MONDAY, Nov. 30 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. health officials said Monday that H1N1 swine flu infections appear to be on the wane nationally, even as the number of American children dying from the illness continues to rise.