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Swine Flu Fades

(HealthDay News) After nearly a year of headlines, worry and confusion, the H1N1 swine flu virus is now out of the news. Is it out of circulation as well?

The latest data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention finds no states reporting widespread influenza activity and only five reporting regional activity…

CDC spokesman Tom Skinner [said] that it's too early to dismiss H1N1 altogether.

"We're still seeing activity across the country. It's certainly not at the levels of late October, early November, but activity is still going on, and we have many weeks left in our flu season," he stated. "It's too early to say this is over."

But experts believe the threat from H1N1 has ebbed for now.

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