Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Flu May Have Peaked, Could Be Tapering Off | Synopsis

Flu May Have Peaked, Could Be Tapering Off

Get Set for Winter Illness
Get Set for Winter Illness by The U.S. Food and Drug Administration
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Excerpt:

The flu season seems waning in some parts of the nation, but that doesn't suggest it won't rebound in the next couple of weeks, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Five less states stated high flu activity levels in the first week of January than the 29 that stated high activity levels in the last week of December, according to the CDC's weekly flu report. This week, 24 states stated high disease levels, 16 stated moderate levels, five stated reduced levels and one stated very little levels, suggesting that the flu season peaked in the last week of December. "It may be decreasing in some areas, but that's hard to predict," CDC Director Dr. Thomas Frieden said in a Friday morning teleconference. "Trends only in the next week or two will show whether we have in fact crossed the peak.".

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Dr. Thomas Frieden

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-0.346273"It may be decreasing in some areas, but that's hard to predict," CDC Director Dr. Thomas Frieden said ...
-0.29454"It may be decreasing in some areas, but that's hard to predict," CDC Director Dr. Thomas Frieden said in a Friday morning teleconference. "Trends only in the next week or two will show whether we have in fact crossed the peak."
0"It's not surprising. Influenza ebbs and flows during the flu season," Frieden said. ...
-0.17369"It's not surprising. Influenza ebbs and flows during the flu season," Frieden said. "The only thing predictable about the flu is that it is unpredictable."
0.134268"The flu vaccine is far from perfect, but it's still by far the best tool we have to prevent flu," Frieden said, ...
0.136341"The flu vaccine is far from perfect, but it's still by far the best tool we have to prevent flu," Frieden said, adding that most of the 130 million vaccine doses have already been administered. "We're hearing of shortages of the vaccine, so if you haven't been vaccinated and want to be, it's better late than never."
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Dr. William Schaffner

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-0.431527"Flu is fickle, we say," Schaffner said. ...
-0.406369"Flu is fickle, we say," Schaffner said. "Influenza can be spotty. It can be more severe in one community than another for reasons incompletely understood."
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Dr. Jon Abramson

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William Gerrish

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Organization: CDC

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Organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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HealthCondition: Influenza

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Disambiguation: DiseaseOrMedicalCondition | CauseOfDeath | InfectiousDisease | RiskFactor | DiseaseReferences:

Drug: flu vaccine

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