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Swine flu
The Swine flu category gathers information on the following topics : pandemic, flu, Grippe A, Swine flu breaking news.
Swine flu is a kind of flu which started to spread in April 13 2009 in Mexico. The virus is blamed for 86 deaths and an estimated 1,400 cases in the country (until end of April). Experts fears that it might be the begin of a pandemic like in 1918, 1957 and 1968 which killed millions people around the world but it is too soon to be sure. The virus now in circulation is a mixture of three other viruses like swine, avian and human. It is assumed that the first Mexican has been contaminated by a pig. This is not proven but it is the most likely hypothesis. The swine virus, in contact with humans, has mutated to form a new virus which this time is transmittable from person to person.
Swine flu, Informations
More schools close, swine flu cases pass 100
Hundreds of schools scattered around the country closed as the nation's swine flu caseload passed 100 Thursday, and U.S. authorities said they eventually could produce enough vaccine for everyone if necessary â but that shots couldn't begin until fall at the earliest.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090501/ap_on_re_us/med_swine_flu_us_44
Developments on swine flu worldwide
Key developments on swine flu outbreaks, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, World Health Organization and government officials:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090501/ap_on_he_me/med_swine_flu_glance_63
Swine flu name change? Flu genes spell pig
No matter what you call it, leading experts say the virus that is scaring the world is pretty much all pig. So while the U.S. government and now the World Health Organization are taking the swine out of "swine flu," the experts who track the genetic heritage of the virus say this: If it is genetically mostly porcine and its parents are pig viruses, it smells like swine flu to them.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090501/ap_on_he_me/med_swine_flu_name_13
Swine flu forces concert cancellations in Mexico
In the wake of the recent swine flu outbreak, Ticketmaster's Mexican Web site resembled an airport departure screen during a snow storm, with rows of concert listings followed by the same word: "Cancelado."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090501/music_nm/us_flu_billboardstory_1
Hundreds of schools scattered around the country closed as the nation's swine flu caseload passed 100 Thursday, and U.S. authorities said they eventually could produce enough vaccine for everyone if necessary â but that shots couldn't begin until fall at the earliest.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090501/ap_on_re_us/med_swine_flu_us_44
Developments on swine flu worldwide
Key developments on swine flu outbreaks, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, World Health Organization and government officials:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090501/ap_on_he_me/med_swine_flu_glance_63
Swine flu name change? Flu genes spell pig
No matter what you call it, leading experts say the virus that is scaring the world is pretty much all pig. So while the U.S. government and now the World Health Organization are taking the swine out of "swine flu," the experts who track the genetic heritage of the virus say this: If it is genetically mostly porcine and its parents are pig viruses, it smells like swine flu to them.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090501/ap_on_he_me/med_swine_flu_name_13
Swine flu forces concert cancellations in Mexico
In the wake of the recent swine flu outbreak, Ticketmaster's Mexican Web site resembled an airport departure screen during a snow storm, with rows of concert listings followed by the same word: "Cancelado."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090501/music_nm/us_flu_billboardstory_1
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