The Flu Season

Federal officials are urging adults and seniors to get their swine flu shots now that vaccines are abundant. Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images

Older Americans Now Encouraged to Get Swine Flu Shots
Plentiful vaccine supplies could help mitigate a new wave of H1N1 flu.

CDC: Swine Flu Now Widespread Only in One State
Swine flu infections continue to drop and only one state—Alabama—was reporting widespread cases last week.

Weakening, Spray for Swine Flu Recalled
Drugmaker MedImmune is recalling nearly 5 million doses of swine flu vaccine because the nasal spray appears to lose strength over time.




Have most Americans gotten an H1N1 flu shot by now?

To date only about 61 million Americans have been vaccinated, even though more than 130 million doses of vaccine were made available and 160 million people were at high priority for getting the vaccine, according to officials at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Those officials say as many as 80 million Americans have been infected with H1N1 swine flu, which has caused some 16,000 deaths and more than 360,000 hospitalizations.

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