Flu-like illnesses now higher than at peak of seasonal flu season
Saturday, October 24, 2009 - 02:21
in Health & Medicine
Federal officials report 8,200 hospitalizations for infections from the H1N1 virus, and 411 deaths. But reports of 1 in 5 kids being infected are wrong, they add. Influenza-like illnesses are now higher throughout the country than levels generally seen at the peak of the seasonal flu season, federal health officials said Friday. But they dismissed media reports from a day earlier that 1...
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