Feds Give Reasons for H1N1 Vaccine Shortage

Finally, Dr. Schuchat confirmed new figures illustrating the extent of the pandemic in the United States. So far 22 million Americans have been infected with H1N1 influenza, resulting in 98,000 hospitalizations and more than 3,900 deaths.

These figures are substantially higher than those that were previously released because the CDC is no longer requiring laboratory confirmation that individual cases of influenzalike illness be confirmed as H1N1 infection before being counted.