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US swine flu epidemic shows signs of being over

Celeste Smith

Story Created: Feb 5, 2010 at 2:29 PM CDT

Story Updated: Feb 5, 2010 at 2:29 PM CDT

ATLANTA (AP) - Is the U.S. swine flu epidemic over? Federal health officials won't go so far as to day that, but on Friday they reported for the fourth week in a row that no states had widespread flu activity.

U.S. cases have been declining since October. An official with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says swine flu cases
are still occurring and are likely to continue a while longer at some level.

But another expert said a future large wave of cases now seems very unlikely. The expert, Vanderbilt University's Dr. William Schaffner, said the epidemic has "one foot in the grave."

(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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