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H1N1 virus stories: 118 news summaries

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 Shanghai Puts 
 New Orleans 
 Mayor in Swine 
 Flu Quarantine 

Nagin, wife, staffer treated 'with courtesy'

Jun 7, 09 4:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - Chinese officials are holding New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin in quarantine with his wife and a staffer after a fellow plane passenger exhibited swine flu symptoms, the New Orleans Times-Picayune reports. The three are "being treated with utmost courtesy" in Shanghai, where Nagin "is feeling well and... More »

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New Orleans • mayor • quarantine • Ray Nagin • Shanghai • swine flu • H1N1 virus

China's H1N1 Quarantines Trap Healthy Travelers

Slight temp, runny nose enough to get you a 3-day forced hospital stay

May 29, 09 10:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Now might not be the best time to visit China: the country's aggressive swine flu screening policies have kept even healthy travelers in isolation, the Washington Post reports. One Virginia man was deemed a threat to public health and quarantined for three days because he got off a plane with... More »

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China • public health • quarantine • fever • swine flu • H1N1 virus

 Swine Flu Hits 
 US Troops 
 in Kuwait 

First cases reported in the Gulf region

May 24, 09 5:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - In the first appearance of swine flu in the Gulf region, 18 American soldiers have tested positive for the disease, reports the BBC. All affected troops have left Kuwait and received medical attention. The soldiers at the military base—a logistics outpost for troops serving in Iraq—did not come... More »

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military bases • Kuwait • Gulf Coast • swine flu • H1N1 virus

 Mexico City Lifts 
 Flu Restrictions 

Alert level lowered after no new infections reported for a week

May 22, 09 1:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mexico City has lifted all measures introduced to curb the spread of swine flu, and changed its alert status to the lowest level, the BBC reports. "We can calm down now," said Mayor Marcelo Ebrard, telling residents they no longer have to wear masks. No new cases of... More »

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Mexico City • Mexico • outbreak • influenza • Marcelo Ebrard • swine flu • H1N1 virus

 Feds: Older People 
 Safer From Swine Flu  

People born before 1957 found to carry anti-H1N1 antibodies

May 21, 09 1:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - People born before 1957 appear to have some immunity to the H1N1 virus, the New York Times reports. Tests show that older adults have antibodies that attack the virus, probably because they've been exposed to a similar virus. Experts believe the swine flue virus, like seasonal influenzas before 1957, is... More »

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immunity • outbreak • influenza • flu • 1918 pandemic • swine flu • H1N1 virus

Obese People Have More Flu Complications

In H1N1 patients, fat had same effects as diabetes, heart disease

May 20, 09 8:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - Scientists at the CDC have noticed a new trend in cases of swine flu: "We were surprised by the frequency of obesity among the severe cases that we've been tracking," says an epidemiologist, adding that it might be cause to make obese people a priority for a... More »

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obesity • pregnancy • California • diabetes • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • heart disease • epidemiology • swine flu • H1N1 virus

 NYC School Official 
 Dies From Swine Flu 

City faces new wave of crisis

May 18, 09 2:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - An assistant principal in New York has become the sixth person to die from swine flu in the US, reports the New York Post. Mitchell Wiener, 55, fell ill more than week ago, but didn't seek medical help until his symptoms became severe, officials said. His school was shut last... More »

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New York • death • Queens, New York • principal • swine flu • H1N1 virus • schools

 NYC Shuts 3 Schools 
 in New Swine Flu Fear 

Assistant principal critically ill with city's worst case of virus so far

May 15, 09 3:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - New York City has closed three public schools where large numbers of student have become ill with flu-like symptoms, the New York Times reports. The assistant principal at one of the schools is in critical condition with the most serious case of swine flu the city has seen, though he... More »

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New York City • Michael Bloomberg • school • Queens • outbreak • swine flu • H1N1 virus

Catch Swine Flu, Stay for Free: Mexican Hotels

Resorts try to lure back vacationers with promotion

May 14, 09 12:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - Several Mexican resorts are offering free stays to tourists who catch swine flu while vacationing there, the Times of London reports. They hope to restore confidence in the sunny destination, which they say has been completely sanitized of the H1N1 virus. The hotel leading the promotion also slashed rates by... More »

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travel • Mexico • vacation • resorts • hotels • swine flu • H1N1 virus • Jay-ZTV

Swine Flu Came From
Lab: Researcher

WHO investigates claim that H1N1 arose from human error

May 13, 09 4:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - The World Health Organization is investigating a claim by an Australian researcher that the swine flu virus may have been created in a laboratory as a result of human error. Adrian Gibbs, who helped develop Tamiflu, said in an interview with Bloomberg that the new strain may have evolved in... More »

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • public health • World Health Organization • epidemiology • influenza • laboratory • swine flu • WHO • H1N1 virus

 Many Mexico Schools Reopen 


May 11, 09 8:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - Millions of Mexican students are back at school this week as six of 31 states resume classes, the BBC reports. Parents and teachers spent days scrubbing down the schools with disinfectant, and many students are still wearing surgical masks as they return from their unexpected two-week break. Schools in 6... More »

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(Newser) - The US swine flu count hit 2,254 yesterday and a Costa Rica man died of the disease, the first fatality outside of North America, the Wall Street Journal reports. In the US, 3,000 people are likely infected across 45 states and Washington, DC, including unconfirmed cases, the Centers... More »

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • Costa Rica • World Health Organization • swine flu • H1N1 virus

 Flu Spreads, Kills US Man 

Australia, Japan see cases

May 10, 09 7:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Health officials have confimed that a 30-year-old Washington state man died last week of the H1N1 flu strain, raising its US death toll to  three, Reuters reports. He had suffered from heart problems. The disease has now been found in some 2,200 Americans and has spread to Japan and... More »

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Australia • Japan • Washington state • influenza • flu • swine flu • H1N1 virus

UK Unravels Genetics of Euro Swine Flu Strain

Better understanding of virus 'significant step' toward vaccine

May 9, 09 11:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - Researchers in the UK have mapped the complete genetic fingerprint of the strain of H1N1 virus affecting Europe, bringing scientists a step closer to creating a vaccine, the BBC reports. By comparing the blueprint with genetic data from the North American strain, experts hope to better understand how the virus... More »

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Experts: Don't Blame Pigs
for Swine Flu

H1N1 virus likely arose among jet-setting humans

May 9, 09 6:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - The humble porker shouldn't be the one taking the blame for the H1N1 virus, scientists tell the Los Angeles Times. Pigs provided some of the raw material for the virus, experts say, but so did birds and humans. The most likely incubators and spreaders of the virus, according to scientists,... More »

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(Newser) - An Alberta woman is the first Canadian to die in connection with swine flu, though the province's heath chief said today she also had serious underlying medical conditions, the AP reports. A source told the Globe and Mail the woman, in her 30s, had asthma; she died April 28. Her... More »

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 Couples Find Love in Flu Hotel 

Guests stuck in Hong Kong hotel party away last night of quarantine

May 8, 09 3:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Many of the hundreds of guests quarantined in Hong Kong's Metropark hotel shed their face masks to party away their final night in confinement yesterday, Reuters reports. The guests—who were initially outraged to learn they would be confined to the hotel for a week because of swine flu fears—... More »

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Hong Kong • quarantine • hotel • romance • outbreak • swine flu • H1N1 virus

 Asia Unites 
 Against Swine 
 Flu Threat 

Health ministers from 13 countries pledge increased cooperation

May 8, 09 1:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Health chiefs from 13 Asian countries met in Bangkok yesterday to hammer out a unified response to the H1N1 virus, Reuters reports. The ministers pledged to step up cross-border cooperation, establish joint response teams, and share essential supplies. A statement called for Asia to establish the capacity to produce vaccines,... More »

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China • Asia • public health • vaccine • outbreak • ASEAN • swine flu • H1N1 virus

(Newser) - With panic over the H1N1 flu virus on the wane, some Americans are pondering allowing themselves to become infected in hopes of building immunity against potentially more virulent strains, the New York Times reports. Doctors are split on the idea. "I think it's totally nuts," says a flu... More »

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • vaccine • infection • virus • infectious diseases • immunity • influenza • pandemic • swine flu • H1N1 virus

 Seasonal Flu Strain 
 May Have Mutated 

Canadian researchers say H3N2 virus mutated from vaccine strain

May 6, 09 2:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - A mutated version of the seasonal strain of flu targeted by this season's vaccine has surfaced in a traveler entering Canada from Mexico, Reuters reports. The development complicates the tracking of the virus in Mexico, which has suffered the majority of infections and deaths. The variant was previously found in... More »

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Mexico • Canada • vaccine • mutation • virus • influenza • swine flu • H1N1 virus • H3N2 virus

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