November 13th, 2009

Reports the Philadelphia Inquirer:

Cases of swine flu declined significantly in Pennsylvania last week, and there were hints that the spread of disease might be slowing in New Jersey. But some cities elsewhere have experienced two peaks – first for children, then for adults – and health officials cautioned against complacency.

“We still have a higher incidence of disease now than in any season since we started electronic tracking of flu cases in 2003,” said Stacy Kriedeman, press secretary for the Pennsylvania Department of Health. “Influenza is one of the most unpredictable viruses out there, so we don’t know what this virus will do in the coming weeks.”

Pennsylvania yesterday reported drops in every measure of flu last week: visits to emergency rooms and physicians’ offices for flulike illness, suspected cases reported by a sampling of colleges and nursing homes, and the percentage of specimens testing positive at a sampling of laboratories in every county in Southeastern Pennsylvania. Several measures declined for the second week in a row.

Read more at the Inquirer.