Swine flu projected to hit U.S. hard
Posted: August 25, 2009 at 4:44 a.m.
White House advisers project that swine flu will sicken up to half the U.S. population, hospitalize up to 1.8 million patients and potentially cause as many as 90,000 deaths this year, more than twice the number killed in a typical seasonal flu.
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