Archive for March 29th, 2010

The epidemic has peaked, but swine flu is still putting Americans in the hospital. Georgia is a warm spot for infections, with more flu hospitalizations than any other state.
While swine flu has waned across much of the United States, the southeast is reporting an increase in cases of the H1N1 virus, U.S. health officials said on Monday.
 
Monday, March 29th, 2010
H1N1 swine flu hospitalizations in Georgia have returned to October levels, triggering a nationwide CDC warning that too many at-risk people have not been vaccinated.
Swine flu hospitalizations unexpectedly rose in Georgia to the highest since October, showing the virus still poses a risk in the U.S., health officials said.
Health officials are renewing their push for Americans to get swine flu vaccinations following a recent uptick in hospital cases in Georgia.
MONDAY, March 29 (HealthDay News) -- The H1N1 swine flu virus is still circulating in the United States, and health officials have noted a troubling uptick in the number of cases in several southeastern states, particularly Georgia, in recent weeks, U.S. health experts said Monday.
March 29 (Bloomberg) -- Swine flu hospitalizations unexpectedly rose in Georgia to the highest since October, showing the virus continues to pose a risk in the U.S., health officials said.
GENEVA — A group of outside experts will scrutinize the World Health Organization’s response to the swine flu outbreak and likely examine whether the term pandemic was appropriate for what has turned out to be a relatively mild disease, the World Health Organization said today.
Outside Experts Will Scrutinize World Health Organization's Response to Swine Flu
HALIFAX, N.S. - Marga Cugnet thought she knew what she was in for when she came down with swine flu last October.