There has been a confirmed Swine Flu death in Texas. A 23-month-old toddler became the first confirmed U.S. victim as officials worldwide attempt to contain a global health crisis. “Even though we’ve been expecting this, it is very, very sad,” Dr. Richard Besser, acting chief of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said on [...]

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We’ve already had “Snakes on a Plane“, now it’s time for “Swine Flu on a Train”!  Before this starts sounding too much like a Dr. Seuss book, let’s cut to the chase… Vials containing the Swine Flu virus exploded on a Swiss train on Monday. Fortunately, the virus that escaped was NOT the mutated Swine [...]

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Image via Wikipedia The Swine Flu outbreak crossed new borders Tuesday as confirmed cases appeared in the Middle East and the Asia-Pacific region.  In Mexico, the number of deaths blamed on the virulent strain passed 150. “At this time, containment is not a feasible option,” said Keiji Fukuda, assistant director-general of the World Health Organization [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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On Sunday, the United States officially declared a public health emergency as the Swine Flu outbreak continues to spread. Homeland Security’s Janet Napolitano held a press conference on Sunday saying that citizens should remain calm but prepared. Dr. Richard Besser of the CDC added that they were aggressively trying to contain the virus. “I would [...]

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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 [...]

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BREAKING NEWS: This is an update to our earlier coverage of the recent Swine Flu outbreak. The CDC has just issued an official Swine Flu Outbreak Notice in the United States. At 3:30pm on April 25, 2009, the CDC issued the following notice: Current Situation As of 6pm April 24 2009, 8 human cases of [...]

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A deadly new strain of the flu virus has resulted in 60 deaths in Mexico. The new flu also crossed over into the U.S. where 8 people grew ill but later recovered. The new flu strain closed schools and forced public events to be called off in Mexico City. Officials have determined that the new [...]

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