H1N1 flu (A.K.A. swine flu) is everywhere.  In New York City, they’ve declared a state of emergency to slow the spread of the nasty bug and concerns are running rampant about the H1N1 vaccine dangers.
So what can you do to avoid H1N1 flu?
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There seem to be major concerns developing over whether or not the new H1N1 vaccine poses medical dangers or harmful side effects.
New York Governor David Paterson signed an executive order on Wednesday, declaring a state of emergency to further combat the spread of swine flu, officials said on Thursday.
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The United Nation’s top health expert has started a forum in Mexico on battling swine flu by saying that the spread of the virus worldwide is now unstoppable.
World Health Organization head Margaret Chan stated that holding the unique meeting in Cancun showed confidence in Mexico, which has been hardest hit by the virus.
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The World Health Organization, or WHO, has just declared an H1N1 pandemic as of today (Thursday, June 11, 2009).  This marks the first worldwide pandemic in 41 years.
H1N1 infections in the U.S., Europe, Australia, South America and in other countries has risen to about 30,000 cases.
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The Swine Flu outbreak is worsening.  World Health Organization (WHO) officials have raised the Swine Flu Pandemic Alert to Phase 4.
Here is the explanation from the WHO website:
Phase 4 is characterized by verified human-to-human transmission of an animal or human-animal influenza reassortant virus able to cause “community-level outbreaks.” The ability to cause sustained disease outbreaks [...]

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have launched a new CDC Swine Flu website located at cdc.gov/swineflu.  The CDC hopes to keep Americans informed more easily by funneling all of the information that becomes available through one central location.
As you can see from the graphic below (from the website), there are now 40 confirmed [...]

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Officials have now confirmed that ten New Zealand students who had just come back from a trip to Mexico are carrying Swine Flu. Including the U.S. and Mexico, this makes the total number of countries with Swine Flu outbreaks to three.
At this hour, there are also suspected cases in France, Spain and Israel.
In Spain, [...]

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