| | |  Health & Beauty | May 2009 
US Tops Mexico in Swine Flu Cases
 Betsy Pisik - Washington Times
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United Nations - The United States has surpassed Mexico as the world leader in confirmed cases of swine flu.
The United States had 4,714 confirmed cases, according to the official tally by the World Health Organization over the weekend, while Mexico reported 3,103 documented cases.
Of 8,829 people infected in 40 countries, 76 people have died, the WHO said.
"Several weeks after this outbreak began, we are cautiously optimistic that this virus may be less severe than was first feared, said Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius.
She pledged Washington would continue to offer technical or medical assistance to hard-hit countries with vaccine research and antibiotics.
The Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is working with other nations to develop an effective vaccine for the virus.
Officials say it will be at least four months before scientists develop a vaccine.
The H1N1 virus, which causes swine flu, killed an assistant principal at a New York school, bringing to five the number of U.S. deaths from the disease.
New York had 254 "confirmed or probable" cases as of noon Monday, according to the CDC.
The virus has ripped through schools in New York City, with hundreds of students reporting flulike symptoms. Experts say the virus passed easily between siblings, or in crowded rooms. |
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