Elsewhere on HealthThreads: Common cold | Influenza | AIDS | Gastroenteritis | HIV | Asthma |
SANTA FE, N.M. ( -- An analysis of swine flu cases in New Mexico shows that children younger than five have the highest rate of hospitalizations and people aged 50 to 64 have the highest death rate.
Burns said there was "a very stark difference" in the infectiousness and virulence of the Mexican cases and those outside Mexico. He said it was possible that this virus had been circulating undetected in Mexico for months, with most people suffering mild symptoms and not contacting doc...
Tue, Apr 28 | from EducationGuardian.co.uk