H1N1-What Next?

NIH Scientists Consider Fate of Pandemic H1N1 Flu Virus From the National Institutes of Health Whither pandemic H1N1 virus? In a new commentary, scientists from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, review the fates of previous pandemic influenza viruses in the years following a pandemic [...]

H1N1 Cases Rise-But Death Estimates Lowered in Britain

H1N1 in Britain By Patrick Comer According to Britain’s National Health System (NHS), cases of swine flu have risen again with an estimated 78,000 new infections in the past week, up from 53,000 the week before. The latest official figures for England also show that the number of people needing critical care has jumped substantially, [...]

Hundreds Line Up for H1N1 Vaccinations

By Patrick Comer ~“If they’re not in a priority group they will be politely turned away”~ Hundreds of people lined up at two Lee County high schools this morning to be some of the first to be vaccinated against the H1N1. Vaccinations were being administered at Mariner High School in Cape Coral and at South [...]

H1N1 Vacination Clinics in Lee County Delayed Again

~volunteers are still needed~ Delayed-Again. The Lee County Health Department plans to begin H1N1 vaccination clinics no sooner than Thursday, October 29th at area high schools.  Sufficient quantities of H1N1 vaccine have not arrived in time from the federal government to begin the clinics as previously reported.  The Lee County Health Department will now need [...]

Hospital Beds Could Run Out in 15 States if 35% Get H1N1

~”racing against the clock as the pandemic unfolds..”~ According to a new report from the non-profit Trust for America’s Health (TFAH) 15 states could run out of hospital beds if just 35% of the population get the H1N1 flu virus. The good news is that Florida is not one of those states. But Florida is [...]