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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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swine flu stories: 202 news summaries

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 US to Discourage 
 Travel to Mexico 




Obama says chill out

Apr 27, 09 10:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - The State Department is set to issue a swine flu travel warning, telling Americans to “avoid all nonessential travel to Mexico,” a US official tells Reuters. But at the same time, President Obama urged calm. “This is obviously a cause for concern,” he said. “But... More »

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Barack Obama • Mexico • State Department • pandemic • Obama administration • swine flu

 1976 Swine Flu Scare 
 Taught What Not to Do 

Threat led to backlash against flu vaccine

Apr 27, 09 9:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - No matter how health officials handle the possible swine flu outbreak, it's likely to go better than it did in 1976. Back then, the government ordered a mass inoculation after one man in New Jersey died of the flu and others were sickened, the Los Angeles Times reports. Within 10... More »

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • vaccination • pandemic • 1918 pandemic • swine flu • 1976

MARKET Open

 Stocks Sink on Swine Flu Panic 


Apr 27, 09 8:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - Swine flu panic swept across markets today, sending stocks lower around the world. In the US, the Dow sank 80 points at the open, while the S&P and Nasdaq fell 1.1% and 1.2% respectively. In Asia, the Hang Seng tumbled 2.7%, while many major European indexes... More »

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 Swine Flu Hits Hardest  
 Among Young Adults 

Excessive immune reaction may be at fault in Mexican deaths

Apr 27, 09 8:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - The swine flu sweeping through Mexico is wreaking havoc among young adults in particular, reports the Washington Post, with the entire death toll as of yesterday comprised of those between 25 and 50. Some believe the trouble for young adults is an overpowering immune reaction that ravages throat and lung... More »

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Mexico • disease • bacteria • immune system • young adult • virus • swine flu

(Newser) - The US is now confirming 40 cases of swine flu, while the death toll in Mexico is thought to have risen to 149, the Wall Street Journal reports. Of more than a thousand suspected cases in Mexico, only 26 have been confirmed, along with six in Canada and one in... More »

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United Nations • Spain • Mexico • public health • global health • World Health Organization • outbreak • pandemic • swine flu

MARKETS

 Swine Flu Sends 
 Travel Stocks Falling 

Airlines decline while drugmakers advance; Mexican peso tumbles

Apr 27, 09 6:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Stocks declined worldwide today, with travel companies leading losses as investors gave their first reaction to the outbreak of swine flu. Airlines took a pummeling—Lufthansa fell more than 12%, British Airways 8.7%—and tour operators like Carnival also suffered sharp drops. But pharmaceutical companies did well: drugmaker Roche,... More »

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Mexico • British Airways • markets • Lufthansa • European markets • outbreak • influenza • Tamiflu • Roche • foreign currency • swine flu • Mexican peso

 Mexico's Ailing 
 Tourism Hit by 
 Swine Flu 

Outbreak whacks industry already reeling from drug violence

Apr 27, 09 5:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - The swine flu outbreak is wreaking havoc on Mexico's tourism industry, already severely weakened by a worsening drug war. Tourism dropped 20% over the weekend, the head of a hotel association tells the New York Times. With most attractions closed, tourists already in the capital were seen in masks as... More »

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(Newser) - President Barack Obama was exposed this month in Mexico to a potential case of swine flu the day before the ailing Mexican official died, reports the Independent. Distinguished archeologist Felipe Solis, who met Obama at a state dinner, showed the president around Mexico's anthropology museum 11 days ago during Obama's... More »

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Barack Obama • health • Mexico City • Mexico • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • public health • influenza • flu • swine flu

analysis

Obama Lacks Health Team
as Swine Flu Spreads

Terrorism pros handle health crisis

Apr 27, 09 1:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - With key health posts in the Obama administration still vacant, the swine flu outbreak is being handled by a counter-terrorism specialist and a former governor, Politico reports. The administration still lacks a surgeon general and chiefs for the Food and Drug Administraion and Centers for Disease Control, and needs to... More »

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epidemic • Department of Health • outbreak • Kathleen Sebelius • flu • US Senate • Obama administration • Obama Cabinet • political appointment • swine flu

(AP) - Canada became the third country to confirm human cases of swine flu today as global health officials considered whether to raise the global pandemic alert level. Nations from New Zealand to Spain also reported suspected cases and some warned citizens against travel to North America while others planned quarantines, tightened... More »

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epidemic • influenza • pandemic • swine flu

 Perry Asks Feds 
 for Swine Flu Meds 

Seems like only yesterday he was talkin' 'bout a secession

Apr 26, 09 3:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Turning sharply from tea party-inspired talk of secession, Texas Gov. Rick Perry is responding to three known cases of swine flu in his state by asking the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to hand over 37,430 precautionary doses of antiviral meds, the San Marcos Daily Record reports.... More »

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Texas • disease • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • Rick Perry • virus • antiviral drugs • swine flu

 With 20 Sick, US Declares 
 Swine Flu Emergency 

Napolitano stresses declaration is 'standard operating procedure'

Apr 26, 09 2:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - The White House declared today a public health emergency to fight the spread of swine flu, the New York Times reports. With 20 confirmed infections in the US, the declaration frees up money and resources for diagnosis, prevention, and antiviral medication. “We’re preparing in an environment where we... More »

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public health • infectious diseases • outbreak • Janet Napolitano • antiviral drugs • medical emergency • swine flu

8 NYC Students Have Swine Flu, CDC Says

Bloomberg confirms suspicions, awaits tests on more students

Apr 26, 09 11:25 AM CDT
(AP) - The CDC has confirmed that eight New York City schoolchildren were infected with swine flu, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said today, stressing that the cases were mild and many are recovering. The city is awaiting the tests of additional samples to see if more students are infected. Some students at St.... More »

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New York City • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • Michael Bloomberg • infection • virus • outbreak • students • swine flu

 Shut Mexican Border: 
 US Lawmaker 

Massa says swine flu necessitates 'immediate' closure

Apr 26, 09 10:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Democratic member of the House Homeland Security Committee has called for the US-Mexico border to be closed as the number of swine flu cases continues to mount, reports the Hill. Eric Massa of New York said that swine flu is "a serious threat to the health of the... More »

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TALK SHOW ROUNDUP

 Iran Prez: 
 No Talks 
 Without 
 Preconditions 

Gibbs: WH 'very serious' about swine flu outbreak; Summers: recession will worsen

Apr 26, 09 10:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rebuffing President Obama’s call for beginning US-Iranian negotiations without preconditions, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad pushed instead for a “clear-cut framework for talks.” In an interview from Tehran, the Iranian president told ABC’s This Week, “The agenda should be clear,” and complained that Obama didn’t respond... More »

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Iran • Barack Obama • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • Valerie Jarrett • economy • Robert Gibbs • Lawrence Summers • swine flu

 Swine Flu Spreads 
 as Far as New Zealand 

10 students infected with mild strain after returning from Mexico

Apr 26, 09 5:51 AM CDT
(AP) - Ten students from New Zealand who just returned from Mexico have tested positive for influenza, and the country's health minister said the cases are "likely" to be swine flu. The students were quarantined after returning to New Zealand yesterday, and one student had to be hospitalized. The minister added... More »

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Mexico • New Zealand • virus • outbreak • influenza • students • swine flu

updated

 Swine Flu Cases Rise to 11 
 in US; 8 Probable in NYC  

'We don’t think we can contain the spread of this virus:' CDC official

Apr 25, 09 9:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - Swine flu pandemic fears grew today as three new cases surfaced in Kansas and California, bringing the US total to 11. Meanwhile, doctors diagnosed eight "probable" cases among New York City schoolchildren, MSNBC reports. The US victims appear to be recovering, in contrast to Mexico, where 81 people have... More »

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New York City • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • Kansas • virus • outbreak • swine flu

(Newser) - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has prepared a seed stock of vaccine for the swine flu that has killed dozens in Mexico and infected a handful of Americans, Time reports. The CDC has not begun mass production of the vaccine, opting instead to see if the outbreak... More »

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • United States • vaccine • virus • World Health Organization • infectious diseases • pandemic • swine flu • WHO

(Newser) - The World Health Organization believes the outbreak of swine flu in Mexico and the southwestern United States could grow into a pandemic, the Washington Post reports. “It has pandemic potential,” said WHO’s director-general. “It is infecting people.” Margaret Chan cautioned that the WHO is... More »

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Southwest • Mexico • virus • World Health Organization • pandemic • swine flu • Margaret Chan

(Newser) - Schools and museums are closed, sold-out soccer games are being played in empty stadiums, and health workers are ordering sickly passengers off subways and buses. At nightclubs, teenagers are dancing with surgical masks on. Mexico City is grappling with what authorities fear is ground zero for a global epidemic of... More »

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Mexico City • Mexico • epidemic • flu • pandemic • swine flu

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