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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) identified the first two A/09(H1N1) swine flu cases in California on April 17, 2009, via the Border Infectious Disease Program, [135] for a San Diego County child, and a naval research facility studying a special diagnostic test, where influenza sample from the child from Imperial County was tested. [136]
The United States experienced the beginnings of a pandemic of a novel strain of the influenza A/H1N1 virus, commonly referred to as "swine flu", in the spring of 2009.The earliest reported cases in the US began appearing in late March 2009 in California, [114] then spreading to infect people in Texas, New York, and other states by mid-April. [115]
A(H1N1) Outbreak and Pandemic Milestones in North America 17 March: First case in the world of what would later be identified as swine flu. 28 March First case in the US of what would later be identified as swine flu. 12 April First known death due to what would later be identified as swine flu. 25 April Community outbreaks confirmed in United ...
The influenza virus has caused several pandemic threats over the past century, including the pseudo-pandemic of 1947 (thought of as mild because although globally distributed, it caused relatively few deaths), [209] the 1976 swine flu outbreak and the 1977 Russian flu, all caused by the H1N1 subtype. [209]
The CDC reports the highest level of flu cases since the swine flu pandemic of 2009. For the first time, the death rate for flu cases is higher than the mortality rate for COVID-19.
The US declared a state of Public Health Emergency, but this was said to be standard procedure in cases as divergent as the recent inauguration and flooding. [315] On 29 April, the US had its first confirmed death, [316] and on 5 May the first US citizen died from swine flu. [317] On 6 June, there were 17 confirmed deaths from swine flu in the ...
The 2024-2025 flu shot protects against three strains — H3N2, H1N1 and a flu B strain — but uptake has been very poor this season, Dr. David Warren, chief of the division of infectious disease ...
Data also showed that flu deaths continue to surpass COVID deaths, which occurred last week for the first time since the pandemic started. The CDC estimates there have been at least 29 million ...