Two patients in King County with H1N1 “Swine” flu have been found to have been infected with a strain of the virus that is resistant to the flu drug Tamiflu. Tamiflu, whose chemical name is oseltamivir, is one of the two drugs recommended for the treatment of H1N1 infections. The other drug, zanamivir, is marketed [...]
A man in his 70s has become the first King County resident to die from H1N1 “swine” flu, health officials said today. The man, who had been hospitalized, died on June 11th, but it was only today that the state laboratory was able to confirm that he did, indeed, have H1N1 influenza. To date, 47 [...]
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Efforts in King County and elsewhere to prepare for a pandemic flu “paid off” during the current outbreak of the new H1N1 swine flu, says Dr. David Fleming, director of Public Health – Seattle & King County, but the outbreak also showed that local and national public health systems do not have the staff or [...]
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that 3,352 cases of H1N1 “swine” flu have now been confirmed in the U.S. in 45 states, including the District of Columbia. Washington has 176 confirmed cases as of today, the CDC reports. King County reports 120 confirmed cases and 10 probable as of Tuesday afternoon. [...]
Health officials report that they have now identified 120 confirmed cases of H1N1 swine flu in King County. Another 10 cases have been classified as probable, Public Health – Seattle & King County reported Monday afternoon. There have been no deaths in King County linked to the new influenza strain. Last week, however, a 30-year-old [...]
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Dr. Joe Bresee describes how to prevent giving and getting the new H1N1 “swine” flu.
The number of laboratory confirmed cases of the H1N1 swine flu in the U.S. has reached 2,618, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC reports. To date, there have been three deaths, two in Texas and one in Washington State, the CDC said. The death of a 30-year-old Washington state man due to [...]
A Snohomish County man died last week due to what health officials believe were complications of influenza H1N1 (swine flu) infection. This is the first case in Washington State to be linked to the new flu strain. The 30-year-old had an underlying heart condition, the Washington State Department of Health Reports.
As of Friday, 56 cases of H1N1 swine flu have been confirmed in Seattle and King County and another 10 suspected cases have been identified. To date, most of the cases have been mild to moderate in severity. Only two cases are known to have required hospitalization. Washington State now has had 83 confirmed cases [...]
If the H1N1 influenza spreads outside of North America and becomes a pandemic as many as 2 billion people could become infected, Dr. Keiji Fukuda Assistant Director-General for Health Security and Environment for the World Health Organization said Thursday. So far, however, transmission of the virus appears to be primarily limited to North America and [...]
The number of case of confirmed and probable H1N1 swine flu cases in the U.S. now stands at 1486, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Most of the illnesses have been mild or moderate and only 35 of the confirmed cases and 17 probable cases have needed to be hospitalized, [...]
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