Another new swine flu virus has made the leap to humans, though U.S. officials say it seems almost certain the virus hit a dead end.
The Centers for Disease Control reported Friday that a child from Iowa became infected with a new swine flu virus in September, though the case didn’t come to light until November.
The unnamed [...]
H1N1 influenza kills Native Americans and Alaskan Natives at four times the rate of the rest of the population, making immunizations critical for native people, say national health experts.
“The virus has hit Indian Country especially hard,” said Kathleen Sebelius, U.S. Health and Human Services secretary.
Sebelius joined Dr. Yvette Roubideaux, director of Indian Health Services, and Dr. [...]
H1N1 influenza kills Native Americans and Alaskan Natives at four times the rate of the rest of the population, making immunizations critical for native people, say national health experts.
“The virus has hit Indian Country especially hard,” said Kathleen Sebelius, U.S. Health and Human Services secretary.
Sebelius joined Dr. Yvette Roubideaux, director of Indian Health Services, and Dr. [...]
Iowa has officially recorded 21 H1N1 deaths, including seven in Polk County alone. But the county’s medical examiner said he has performed autopsies on some residents who were never diagnosed with H1N1, but actually had it.
“In the autopsy, what we’re seeing is very heavy, wet hemorrhagic lungs, lungs with a lot of blood in them,” said [...]
Swine flu can infect cells deeper in the lungs than seasonal flu, making people who catch it more likely to develop serious complications, research suggests.
The study published in the journal Nature Biotechnology provides the first laboratory corroboration of reports from front-line doctors.
Seasonal strains of flu attach themselves almost exclusively to cells found in the nose, throat [...]
