Up to 80 million Americans infected with H1N1: CDC
Fri, Jan 15 2010
By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – As many as 80 million Americans have been infected with H1N1 swine flu, up to 16,000 have been killed and more than 360,000 hospitalized, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Friday.
But 90 percent of the most vulnerable people remain unvaccinated, with only about 61 million Americans having received shots, the CDC said.
Swine flu vaccine is still widely available, with more than 130 million doses produced and 160 million people at high priority for getting the vaccine.
The pandemic, which began in March, is on the wane but health officials stress that influenza is unpredictable and could come back or mutate.
