Severe H1N1 strikes lungs

Doctors are reporting a severe form of the Influenza A (H1N1) that goes straight to the lungs, causing severe illness in otherwise healthy young people and requiring expensive hospital treatment. Some countries are reporting that as many as 15 per cent of patients hospitalised with the H1N1 pandemic virus need intensive care. H1N1 spreads four times faster than other viruses and 40 per cent of the fatalities are young adults in good health.