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As of the end of October, 19,443,600 doses of H1N1 vaccine have been ordered by the CDC and 16,870,000 doses have shipped. The allocation of the vaccine—how much gets sent where—is based upon population. California has received the most—2,025,700 doses; Montana the least with 49,000 doses, the same amount shipped to the District of Columbia.
In 2007, the Centers for Disease Control began assigning Pandemic Severity Index numbers to influenza epidemics, including pandemics from the past for which morbidity and mortality data is available. The scale runs from 1 to 5 and is based on the percentage of fatalities. The 20th century had three great influenza pandemics.
What percentage of the American population got sick during this pandemic and how sick did they get?
Exact numbers can never be known because physicians were not ordered to report flu cases to the Public Health Services until September 27th, 1918, nearly a month into the outbreak, and overwhelmed physicians submitted incomplete paperwork or none at all. In rural areas where doctors were few the numbers are most imperfect. As in any epidemic, there were people who died uncounted, and cases of misdiagnosis.
The possibility of a widespread flu outbreak recurring has been part of the public consciousness since the influenza pandemic of 1918-1919 killed 20-50 million people around the world. More recently, threats of highly infectious “swine flu” and “avian flu” have attracted media attention and captured the public’s imagination. Although it does not cause global panic or have a catchy name, the plain ol’ seasonal flu, a crafty little virus whose genes are always gradually changing in order to fool human immune systems, is a real threat to public health every winter.
Across the US population, the odds that a person will be diagnosed with AIDS in a year are 1 in 7,990. But this risk varies dramatically with age.
You’re sitting on an examination table, nervously tugging at a johnny robe while waiting for a doctor’s visit, feeling your heart start to pound and your palms get sweaty. The medical community recognizes this doctor-induced hypertension as a legitimate physiological reaction referred to as “white coat syndrome.” But what if it’s the white coat itself—not the anticipation of talking to the doctor wearing it—that should make you uneasy?
You like her. She likes you. You’ve gone on a few dates, felt that fluttering excitement and ineffable chemistry, and now it’s time to take the next step. You want to have sex.
A five-dollar bill could provide a person with lunch. It could also provide a sprinkling of illegal narcotics, various bacteria, and maybe even a dose of the flu.
Lyme Disease is a bacterial infection that stems from a tick bite. Like Amy Tan, the vast majority of patients develop a circular rash at the site of the bite. Many experience flu-like symptoms
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