Disease tracker

10/08/2009

Some small batches of H1N1 (swine flu) vaccine arrived this week and will be distributed to paramedics and children as soon as Friday. U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius visited SLU on Tuesday to promote the vaccine.

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Swine flu

Missouri • 435 confirmed cases, 2 deaths
Illinois • 448 hospitalizations, 19 deaths

West Nile virus

Missouri • 2 cases (77-year-old woman in St. Louis County, 50-year-old woman in Chariton County)
Illinois • 4 cases (residents of St. Clair, Cook and Williamson counties)

Sources: Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services and the Illinois Department of Public Health; numbers are through Wednesday.

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