U.S. Reaction To Swine Flu Muted

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Published April 28, 2009 at 8:04 a.m.
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U.S. airports and border agents waved people through Monday with little or no additional screening for Mexico's deadly swine flu - a far more muted reaction than the extreme caution elsewhere around the world ...

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NHS on alert

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Published April 28, 2009 at 6:38 a.m.

What is the health service doing to tackle swine flu? ...

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Interim Guidance on Specimen Collection and Processing for Patients with Suspected Swine Influenza A (H1N1) Virus Infection

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Published April 28, 2009 at 6:00 a.m.

Provides interim guidance on appropriate specimen collection, storage, and processing for patients with suspected swine influenza A (H1N1) virus infection ...

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Interim Guidance on Antiviral Recommendations for Patients with Confirmed or Suspected Swine Influenza A (H1N1) Virus Infection and Close Contacts

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Published April 28, 2009 at 5:00 a.m.

Provides interim guidance on the use of antiviral agents for treatment and chemoprophylaxis of swine influenza A (H1N1) virus infection. This includes patients with confirmed, probable or suspected swine influenza A (H1N1) virus infection and their close contacts ...

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Swine flu

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Published April 28, 2009 at 4:30 a.m.

Medical expert views on the scale of the threat ...

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Teenagers From Queens in Swine Flu Spotlight

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Published April 28, 2009 at 2:57 a.m.
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Health officials are scrambling to figure out whether a group of high school seniors who went to Cancún, Mexico, for spring break were the unwitting vector that brought swine flu to New York City ...

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Obama says he has his eye on swine flu threat

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Published April 28, 2009 at 2:00 a.m.
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The president refers briefly to the health emergency in an address to scientists. He vows to invest 3% of the nation's gross domestic product to scientific research and development ... In the midst of a government-declared public health emergency involving "emerging cases" of swine flu, President Barack Obama said today that he is closely monitoring a situation that poses no cause for alarm ...

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21 new cases of swine flu in U.S.

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Published April 28, 2009 at 2:00 a.m.
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20 of the infected, confirmed overnight, are in New York and one in California. The new cases are mild, officials say. The virus, which has spread to Europe, is suspected in 149 deaths in Mexico ... Twenty-one new cases of swine flu were confirmed overnight in the United States, 20 in New York and one in Sacramento County, health officials said today ...

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World keeps wary eye on swine flu

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Published April 28, 2009 at 2:00 a.m.
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Mexico closes its schools while the U.S. warns travelers not to go there. The WHO raises an alert level ... As more details emerged Monday on the origins of the swine flu outbreak, the World Health Organization raised its infectious disease alert level for the first time ever, and U.S. authorities warned against unnecessary travel to Mexico ...

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Do face masks help prevent swine flu infection?

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Published April 28, 2009 at 2:00 a.m.
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Surgical masks help stop droplets from spreading, but respirators are designed to filter small particles. If used correctly, respirators are more likely to reduce flu risk, the CDC says ... Don't count on those disposable masks to completely protect you against the swine flu percolating around the globe ...

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