White House Staffer Caught Flu in Mexico

By Harry Kimball, Newser Staff

Posted Apr 30, 2009 3:46 PM CDT

(Newser) – An administration staffer who worked at a dinner President Obama attended during his trip to Mexico likely contracted the H1N1 virus there, the Washington Post reports. The unnamed Energy Department security worker has since transmitted the flu to his wife, son, and nephew, though he... Read full story »

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