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SWINE SHOCK A NATIONAL ALARM
nypost.com - 4/27/2009
SWINE SHOCK A NATIONAL ALARM
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> It's official -- swine flu has hit New York. City health officials yesterday confirmed that eight students at a Queens high school have the potentially deadly virus -- and more than 140 other students are exhibiting flu-like symptoms. Nassau...
U.S. Declares Public Health Emergency Over Swine Flu
nytimes.com - 4/26/2009
U.S. Declares Public Health Emergency Over Swine Flu
— nytimes.com — U.S. Declares Public Health Emergency Over Swine Flu (more) U.S. Declares Public Health Emergency Over Swine Flu
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msnbc.msn.com - 4/27/2009
Obama: Swine flu cause for concern, not alarm
— msnbc.msn.com — The world’s governments raced to avoid both a pandemic and global hysteria as more possible swine flu... cases surfaced around the globe and the U.S. declared a public health emergency. (more) Obama: Swine flu cause for concern, not alarm

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trueslant.com - 4/27/2009
Swine Flu: Is Matt Drudge a National Hero?
— trueslant.com — Over the weekend, you probably read something about Swine Flu, the new deadly porcine super-epidemic that’s going... to kill us all. But, depending on where you get your news, you saw very different types of coverage. Let’s take two extreme examples: ... (more) Swine Flu: Is Matt Drudge a National Hero?
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The Latest on Air America:  Around the Web in 80 Seconds, 04.27.09

A Blog For All:  Swine Flu Disconnect

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Around the Web in 80 Seconds, 04.27.09
The Latest on Air America — ... Sachs value-at-risk investments grew by 22% in the first quarter throwing $240 million at a taxpayer good-offense strategy that yielded a record $9.4 billion in revenue . Meanwhile the latest unemployment numbers are due soon, and we're setting the line at 10.1 %.  Swine flu hasn't gotten much press lately, but all that is changing with 20 new cases of swine flu reported yesterday and more than 100 deaths worldwide , including 8 confirmed cases ad another 140 probable cases in New York City. The scare hit travel stocks .  Treasury ...

Swine Flu Disconnect
A Blog For All — The media continues churning out stories about swine flu and the hype appears to be outpacing what we know about the disease, let alone just how dangerous it is. You're still more likely to die of the regular flu than you are of the swine flu (36,000 fatalities in the US annually vs 81 in Mexico among 1,000+ reported cases). It seems every local station and news outlet in New York City has some expert on warning about just how dangerous swine flu might be and the precautions that one should take. The precautions are all ...

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Mexican Swine Flu: A Possible Pandemic Biowar Event?
rightsoup.com 4/25/2009 — On April 23rd 2009, the world began to become aware of a very strange new version of swine flu: H1N1 in Mexico, with cases in Texas and California. By the morning of the 24th, we began to hear that there were hundreds of sick and 20 or so dead. Now, by late yesterday, we have learned that ...
Flu-ish
susiemadrak.com 4/25/2009 — People are so mobile now, this could really be a disaster: The New York City health department dispatched a team of investigators to a private school in Queens on Friday after dozens of students complained of symptoms that officials believed were consistent with a strain of swine flu that has ...
Obama news conference: President says swine flu no reason to close border with Mexico
latimesblogs.latimes.com 4/30/2009 — President Obama enters the East Room of the White House and begins by acknowledging what is on the top of everyone's mind: the swine flu that has now hit at least nine countries. He says he will ask Congress for $1.5 billion to track and ...
Swine Flu Hype — Boots and Sabers
Yep… hype. The swine flu outbreak that has alarmed the world for a week now appears less ominous, with the virus showing little staying power in the hardest-hit cities and scientists suggesting it lacks the genetic fortitude of past killer bugs. President Barack Obama even voiced hope Friday ...
Swine flu may be less potent than first feared — Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News
Source: [b]Associated Press[/b] Mike Stobbe And David B. Caruso – 29 mins ago The swine flu outbreak that has alarmed the world for a week now appears less ominous, with the virus showing little staying power in the hardest-hit cities and scientists suggesting it lacks the genetic ...
Quick Hit: Veto on the Swine flu to "Mexican" flu. — Feministing
Sorry, not OK to rename the swine flu to the "Mexican" flu. Channing Kennedy writes at the Racewire blog, Let me be among the first to say that the move by some to rename 'swine flu' to 'Mexican flu' is offensive on its face and in its roots. It does everything to fuel unfounded fears, and ...
What Happens if We Hit .00006 Percent? — The Sundries Shack
Reuters is reporting that the number of confirmed swine flu cases has reached 109. This will no doubt cause folks to run around screaming about pandemics and, somewhere, Stephen King is getting just...
“Mexican” Swine Flu Confirmed In Eleven States — Pat Dollard | Young Americans
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama pledged “great vigilance” in confronting the swine flu outbreak Wednesday night as it spread coast to coast across the U.S. The outbreak hit 11 states and closed schools amid confirmation of the first U.S. death — a Mexican toddler ...
Swine Flu Spreads To 11 States, Scores Of Schools Closed — The Huffington Post | Full News Feed
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama pledged "great vigilance" in confronting the swine flu outbreak Wednesday night as it spread coast to coast across the U.S. The outbreak hit 11 states and closed schools amid confirmation of the first U.S. death _ a Mexican toddler who visited Texas ...
Swine Flu Fear Grips Egypt, Pigs Hardest Hit — JammieWearingFool
Nothing like a calm, reasoned response to the flu outbreak.Egypt began slaughtering the roughly 300,000 pigs in the country Wednesday as a precaution against swine flu even though no cases have been reported here, infuriating farmers who blocked streets and stoned vehicles of Health Ministry ...
Swine Flu: WHO Says Flu Moving Closer To Pandemic — The Huffington Post | Full News Feed
BERLIN — The World Health Organization warned Wednesday that the swine flu outbreak is moving closer to becoming a pandemic, as the United States reported the first swine flu death outside of Mexico, and Germany and Austria became the latest European nations hit by the disease. In ...
World Health Organization Warns Swine Flu Approaching Pandemic Status — CNSNews.com Headlines
The World Health Organization warned Wednesday that the swine flu outbreak is moving closer to becoming a pandemic, as the United States reported the first swine flu death outside of Mexico, and Germany and Austria became latest European nations hit by the disease.
Swine Flu Hits Germany, WHO Calls Emergency Review — The Huffington Post | Full News Feed
BERLIN — Germany and Austria confirmed cases of swine flu Wednesday, becoming the third and fourth European countries hit by the disease. As the United States reported the first swine flu death outside of Mexico, the World Health Organization called an emergency meeting to consider its ...
Obama seeks £1 billion for swine flu as cases jump — Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News
Source: [b]Reuters[/b] Wed. April 29, 2009 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama asked Congress on Tuesday for an additional $1.5 billion (1.02 billion pounds) to fight swine flu as the number of confirmed cases hit 65 people in six states in what doctors fear may become a full ...
Swine Flu Symptoms: CDC Information — The Huffington Post | Full News Feed
Swine flu has dominated the news since the first cases were reported in Mexico. Now that the disease has been documented in North American and there are serious measures to curb it in Asia, people are asking what the symptoms are associated with the global outbreak. See a slideshow of the ...
Newberry school closes over Swine Flu concerns — Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News
Source: [b]AP[/b] A private school in South Carolina has closed after some students returned from Mexico with flu-like symptoms. Newberry Academy's decision to close Monday came as the number of suspected swine flu cases in Mexico climbed past 1,600 and death toll past 100. At least 11 ...
Thermal Scanners Used to Screen for Swine Flu as Countries Race to Contain the Disease — FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog
There is NO panic but countries are rushing to contain the Swine Flu outbreak. Governments including China, Russia and Taiwan began planning to put anyone with symptoms of the deadly virus under quarantine. Other governments were increasing their screening of pigs and pork imports from ...
The REAL Swine Flu Timeline — Right Soup
A White House briefing on the “Swine Flu” outbreak, (actually a combo of swine, avian, human and 1918 Spanish flu) finished about an hour ago. Janet Napolitano , Secretary of Homeland Security, asserted that U.S. authorities had been in the loop on the outbreak from the beginning.  ...
WHO Swine Flu Constitutes a ‘Public Health Emergency of International Concern’ — The Democratic Daily
On Saturday, Mexican President Felipe Calderon declared an emergency in Mexico in the wake of the country’s swine flu outbreak. The emergency declaration gives Calderon the ” powers to order quarantines and suspend public events.” Click here to view the embedded video. Dr. ...
Swine Flu — Neptunus Lex
Bad news from down south: A new flu strain that has killed up to 68 people in Mexico could become a pandemic, the World Health Organization warned on Saturday, as health experts tried to track the disease’s spread. Hospitals tested patients with flu symptoms for the never-before-seen ...
The Deadly Swine Flu Outbreak in Mexico — TalkLeft
The swine flu outbreak in Mexico may have killed 60 people so far . Mexico City has closed universities and schools until further notice, suspended all major public events and advised people feeling flu-like symptoms to stay home from work. Mexico City's busiest subway stations are handing ...