(WXYZ) - A U.S. government panel discussed a priority list today for who gets the H1N1 vaccine first.
VIEWERS GET ANSWERS TO H1N1 QUESTIONS IN THE VIDEO PLAYER ON THE RIGHTThe Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices panel says health care workers, pregnant women and patients with asthma and diabetes should be at the front of the line to get vaccinated.
Information indicates that the H1N1 virus has hit pregnant women particularly hard. Pregnant women accounted for 13% of the deaths from the H1N1 virus in the United States during the first two months after the virus was identified.
The H1N1 virus is now so widespread that the World Health Organization has stopped counting individual cases.
The Centers for Disease Control reports 43,771 cases of the virus in the United States. According to the Michigan Department of Community Health there are 655 confirmed or suspected cases in Michigan.
Nine people have died in Michigan as a result of the virus. There have been 302 deaths from the H1N1 virus in the United States.
