Chief of Infectious Diseases, Children's Medical Center
Chief of Infectious Diseases at Children's Medical Center in Dallas and Professor of Pediatrics and Microbiology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
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Jeffrey Kahn
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FROM Jeffrey Kahn
Which Way, L.A.?
H1N1: What You Need to Know, What You Need to Do By early next week, the first batch of some 250 million swine flu vaccine treatments will be available free, paid for by the American government. In an unprecedented preventive campaign, health officials are trying to blunt the impact of the H1N1 virus, or swine flu, as it’s commonly called. But symptoms are described as a mild influenza. Is the public overreacting? Is the media getting the story right? What do you need to know? What do you need to do?
To the Point
H1N1: What You Need to Know, What You Need to Do By early next week, the first batch of some 250 million swine flu vaccine treatments will be available free, paid for by the American government. In an unprecedented preventive campaign, health officials are trying to blunt the impact of the H1N1 virus, or swine flu, as it’s commonly called. But symptoms are described as a mild influenza. Is the public overreacting? Is the media getting the story right? What do you need to know? What do you need to do?
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