Archive for January 15th, 2010

THE Government has cancelled an order for the swine flu vaccine valued at €25 million as pressure mounts on the World Health Organisation (WHO) to review its handling of the pandemic.
About 1 in 5 Americans have been vaccinated against swine flu, according to the government's first detailed estimates of vaccination rates against the new pandemic.
 
Friday, January 15th, 2010
US health officials say up to 80 million Americans have been infected with swine flu
TORONTO - Another new swine flu virus has made the leap to humans, though U.S. officials say it seems almost certain the virus hit a dead end.
The swine flu shot is now available to anyone who wants it, with 34,440 doses allocated here.
New swine flu cases were registered in Sri Ganganagar, Alwar and Kota while officially no deaths were reported on Friday.
Since October, 61 million Americans — roughly 20% of the U.S. population — have been vaccinated against the H1N1 swine flu, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said today in its first detailed estimate of inoculations.
Health officials say there are also 37 new hospitalizations from swine flu.
About 1 in 5 Americans have been vaccinated against swine flu, according to the government's first detailed estimates of vaccination rates against the new pandemic. Two government telephone surveys done in December and early January concluded that an estimate 61 million people -- or about 20 percent of the population -- got a shot or nasal spray vaccination against swine flu since the vaccine ...
About 1 in 5 Americans have been vaccinated against swine flu, according to the government's first detailed estimates of vaccination rates against the new pandemic.