NEWS - CDC: Up to 80 million Americans infected with H1N1

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By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor

Fri Jan 15, 2010 2:16pm ESTStocks

Up to 80 million Americans infected with H1N1 - CDC

* Up to 1,730 children killed

* Up to 362,000 Americans hospitalized

* Only 20 percent in U.S. got vaccinated

WASHINGTON, Jan 15 (Reuters) - As many as 80 million Americans have

been infected with H1N1 swine flu, up to 16,000 have been killed and

more than 360,000 hospitalized, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control

and Prevention said on Friday.

But 90 percent of the most vulnerable people remain unvaccinated, with

only about 61 million Americans having received shots, the CDC said.

Swine flu vaccine is still widely available, with more than 130

million doses produced and 160 million people at high priority for

getting the vaccine.

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