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Maryn McKenna, who pens the Superbug Blog, is also a contributing writer for CIDRAP News.
Tonight Maryn gives us an excellent overview of today’s CDC briefing by Dr. Anne Schuchat, Director of of the CDC's National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases and by Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
Follow the link to read the article in its entirety.
Pediatric H1N1 deaths already rival seasonal flu total
Maryn McKenna
Contributing Writer
Oct 9, 2009 (CIDRAP News) – Seventy-six children and teenagers have died of H1N1 flu since the novel strain emerged in April, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said today, representing both an increase of 19 in a week and a total that rivals the child deaths for entire past flu seasons.
And with the pandemic strain becoming establishing across the country, widespread in 37 states compared with 27 last week, deaths and case counts are expected to rise.
"In the past 3 years, the total pediatric influenza deaths ranged from 46 to 88," Dr. Anne Schuchat, director of the CDC's National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, said in a press briefing. "It is only the beginning of October. Of course, the flu season will often last all the way to May, and so it is very early for us to predict exactly what is going to happen."
You’ll also find a roundup of Today’s Pandemic news on CIDRAP’s Novel H1N1 Page.
H1N1 Flu Breaking News
Pandemic flu still on rise in Northern HemisphereLack of case counts blunts assessment of flu impact
UK H1N1 cases fewer than feared
Vaccine for public to trickle in to Minnesota
