Most US states are facing an unusually high number of flu patients as the season comes to a close, with 33 states and Puerto Rico seeing widespread activity last week, the CDC reports
Most states are seeing an unusually high number of flu patients as the season comes to a close. Meanwhile, the very first human experiments with a new universal flu shot have begun at the National Institutes of Health.
Thirty-three states and Puerto Rico faced widespread flu activity for the week ended March 30, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Friday."Here we are in April, and we're still having substantial influenza," said Dr. William Schaffner, medical director of the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases."It's reduced but still substantial." During the previous week, 34 states and Puerto Rico reported widespread activity.
Schaffner said that"getting something like a universal vaccine, which would protect against a whole variety of different strains, would be a major medical advance." The research is"well-considered" and"now, we have to see if it works -- how well it works."Flu affects the entire world's population, Schaffner said."If we had a substantially improved vaccine, we could do an awful lot of good," he said."We have high hopes.
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