AMA Morning Rounds: H1N1 Hits Children with Neuromuscular Disorders

USA Today (2/18, Sternberg) reports that "thousands of children and adolescents with neuromuscular disorders, asthma and other conditions...are suffering consequences of H1N1 that will linger long after the 2009/2010 swine flu pandemic ends." Although "no one knows exactly why flu has such a devastating effect on" these children, "the evidence has been mounting since late 2005. Researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia "reported that, even in typical flu years, children with these ailments were six times more likely than other children to develop severe complications from flu."