This Week in Swine Flu: How Many Deaths, Vaccine in Sight & Tough Oldsters

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By Eliza Strickland
Aug 28, 2009 11:17 PMNov 5, 2019 8:57 PM
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Another day, another swine flu story: Amidst all the chatter, it can be hard to find the most reliable sources and relevant info. To keep you informed of the latest intelligence, 80beats will round up the news each week. On Monday, the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology issued an alarming report spelling out a "plausible scenario" for how the swine flu pandemic will play out during the coming flu season. The report estimated that the H1N1 virus could hospitalize 1.8 million Americans, potentially clogging emergency rooms and intensive care wards, and could kill up to 90,000 people in the United States. In a typical year, the seasonal flu virus kills about 35,000 Americans. But on Tuesday, some public health officials walked back the report's conclusions. One expert who helped prepare the report said that

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