ATLANTA (Oct. 30) -- Heath officials say swine flu has caused at least 19 more children's deaths — the largest one-week increase since the pandemic started in April.
At least 114 children have died from swine flu complications since the spring. That's up from 95 reported a week ago. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released the statistics on Friday.
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A five-year-old boy receives the H1N1 vaccine via nasal mist at a high school in Maryland.
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CDC Director Thomas Frieden says more Tamiflu for children has been released from a national medicine stockpile. There have been spot shortages of the children's version of the swine flu treatment.
The CDC also reported that swine flu is widespread now in all but two states. Health officials estimate that many millions of Americans have been infected, though most suffer only mild illness.
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10 Swine Flu Facts
1. No cause for panic: So far, hospitalizations and deaths from swine flu seem to be lower than the average seen for seasonal flu, and the virus hasn't dramatically mutated. Still, more people are susceptible to swine flu and U.S. health officials are worried because it hung in so firmly here during the summer.
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Ricardo Moraes, AP
