ILI rate: The Department of Health & Children and the HSE advised yesterday (14th January, 2010) that the rate of influenza-like illness (ILI) for the week ending Sunday 10th January 2010 (week 1, 2010), was 21.0 per 100,000 population. This is a small increase from the 15.3 per 100,000 population reported during week 53, 2009 and indicates that the Swine Flu virus is still capable of causing ...
Influenza Headlines and Flu Vaccination Information
Archive for January 15th, 2010
LONDON - British drug maker GlaxoSmithKline said Friday that sales of its swine flu vaccine products totaled 835 million pounds (944 million euros, $1.36 billion) in the fourth quarter of last year.
ATLANTA - A new government estimate says swine flu has sickened about 55 million Americans and killed about 11,160. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released the estimates on Friday, which cover roughly the first eight months of the pandemic from April through mid-December.
The Greater Western Area Health Service has warned that a “big epidemic” of swine flu would put a lot of pressure on health resources, after a second wave of the virus was predicted to sweep across the State.
ATLANTA - A new government estimate says swine flu has sickened about 55 million Americans and killed about 11,160. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released the estimates on Friday, which cover roughly the first eight months of the pandemic — from April through mid-December.
MONTGOMERY -- The state health officer said Friday the swine flu has claimed the lives of at least 40 Alabamians, but it's no longer considered a statewide infection.
The Isle of Man is over the worst of the swine flu pandemic, the island's director of public health says.
A new government estimate says swine flu has sickened about 55 million Americans and killed about 11,160.
Five swine flu deaths were recorded in India Friday, taking the toll so far to 1,113, health authorities said here. Also 64 new cases were reported in the country, taking the number of people infected with the contagious virus to 28,111.
HEALTH experts are warning that Australians can expect a second wave of swine flu, possibly as early as the beginning of the school year just a fortnight away.