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Medicine: Swine Flu Outbreak #942556

NBC Evening News for Wednesday, May 06, 2009
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(Studio: Brian Williams) Statistics on swine flu cases cited; maps shown.

(Studio: Robert Bazell) Concern that swine flu is a disease of young people featured; photo shown of Judy Trunnell††, the first American to die from the virus. [CDC’s Dr. Richard BESSER†- wonders why the average age of victims is 15.] [National Institutes of Health Dr. Anthony FAUCI†- comments on the uncertainty about a vaccine.] [Vanderbilt University Dr. William SCHAFFNER†- notes the hope and expectation that the virus will disappear in the summer.] NOTE: local contest information on screen.

Reporter(s):
Williams, Brian;
Bazell, Robert
Duration:
00:03:00

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