BOSTON — State health officials say the flu is at a historic high, but some doctors say it’s peaking or slowing. To make sense of those conflicting claims, here are some swine flu questions and answers.
Swine flu is now so widespread in Massachusetts that flu activity is the highest it’s ever been in recorded state history.
BOSTON — Student health centers all over the city are overcrowded with young adults with influenza-like illnesses. The challenge for many health care officials on campus is trying to keep the flu from spreading on crowded campuses.
BOSTON — A professor at the University of Massachusetts Medical School has made a rap music video to help children avoid swine flu.
BOSTON — A Massachusetts man has died from the swine flu, marking the 14th person in the state and the fifth Boston resident to die from the H1N1 virus.
BOSTON — 750 people were given the H1N1 swine flu vaccine at a clinic in Uphams Corner in Dorchester. The clinics at community health centers are being held as the vaccine slowly becomes more available.
Good news on the swine flu front: some local hospitals say emergency room visits by people with flu-like symptoms seem to have plateaued, indicating that the H1N1 virus may have reached its peak in Boston.
At least one big local health insurance company is reporting a troublesome trend related to the H1N1 swine flu outbreak: The overuse of antibiotics to treat the illness.
A new national poll by the Harvard School of Public Health finds that the majority of adults who’ve tried to get the H1N1 swine flu vaccine for their children or themselves have been unable to do so
Businesses are wrestling with the threat of H1N1 swine flu, worried that if too many employees get sick at once, the company could be brought to a standstill. But a researcher at MIT says it unlikely that their worst fears will be realized.
What to Do If Your Child Seems To Be Developing Complications From The Flu
Children’s Hospital has opened an overflow site to help manage the number of patients coming to its emergency room with flu-like symptoms. But most of those children are just being told to go home, drink fluids and get lots of rest.
BOSTON — It’s happening later than doctors expected, but the emergency department at Children’s Hospital Boston is starting to see an increase in suspected cases of the H1N1 swine flu.
SOMERVILLE, Mass. — Some high-risk patients can’t find the H1N1 vaccine even though some seemingly healthier patients can. That has many people wondering if there’s any rhyme or reason to how the vaccine is being divvied up.
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama declared the swine flu outbreak a national emergency, giving his health chief the power to let hospitals move emergency rooms offsite to speed treatment and protect noninfected patients.
