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Archive Home > 2009 > August > 25 > Swine flu could infect half of U.S., panel estimates

Swine flu could infect half of U.S., panel estimates

By Rob Stein / The Bulletin
August 25, 2009

Swine flu could infect half the U.S. population this fall and winter, hospitalizing up to 1.8 million people and causing as many as 90,000 deaths " more than double the number that occur in an average flu season, according to an estimate from a presidential panel released Monday.

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