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During the week ending Feb. 1, 8% of emergency department visits were due to flu compared with 3.2% the same time last year, according to the CDC data. Doctors' visits for flu highest in 15 years ...
The CDC releases a daily update on confirmed cases by state at 11:00 am ET. Many state departments of health release updates on confirmed and probable cases throughout the day. Several states have developed dedicated websites for information on the flu outbreak.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) identified the first two A/09(H1N1) swine flu cases in California on April 17, 2009, via the Border Infectious Disease Program, [135] for a San Diego County child, and a naval research facility studying a special diagnostic test, where influenza sample from the child from Imperial County was tested. [136]
The 2009 swine flu pandemic, caused by the H1N1/swine flu/influenza virus and declared by the World Health Organization (WHO) from June 2009 to August 2010, was the third recent flu pandemic involving the H1N1 virus (the first being the 1918–1920 Spanish flu pandemic and the second being the 1977 Russian flu).
The FluView report also usually includes information on the spread of H5N1, or bird flu. In the absence of the report, the CDC opted to updated its page on the ongoing bird flu outbreak. No new ...
It happened again in 2009, when a human and swine flu switched genes, unleashing the H1N1 swine flu outbreak that killed roughly 500,000 people. Already there is evidence this virus is swapping genes.
CDC conference with the media on the swine flu outbreak on April 25, 2009. The first two cases detected in the US were two children living in San Diego County and Imperial County who became ill on March 28 and 30 respectively. [146] A CDC alert concerning these two isolated cases was reported in the media on April 21. [147]
Flu is not the only virus floating around this time of year. The CDC is also tracking COVID-19 and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) activity on a weekly basis. Follow The Flu Trends On weather ...