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Oct. 22nd, 2009 at 12:05 PM
Only 13 million of the 120 million doses of H1N1 flu vaccine that the federal government said would be available by mid-October have been delivered. Health officials attribute the delay to the heavy burden placed on drug companies to produce vaccines for H1N1 as well as the seasonal flu, and the slowness and unreliability of the chicken-egg method used to produce the vaccines. Google/The Associated Press (10/21)
H1N1 cases spread from children to other age groups
H1N1 cases are spreading from schoolchildren to the rest of the U.S. population, according to an analysis by Quest Diagnostics, which makes a test to confirm an H1N1 flu diagnosis. While children ages 5 to 14 have had higher overall rates of H1N1 cases, with a sharp increase seen in late August and early September, the U.S. now is seeing delayed by several weeks an increase in cases among the elderly, people ages 50 to 64 and children under 5. Reuters (10/21)