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A top Mexican medical officer accused the World Health Organization of responding too slowly to early signs of the swine flu scare. The world agency said it was Mexico that failed to respond to its request to alert other nations to the first hints of the
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Swine flu could shine a glaring light on the best and worst about American-style health care.
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Mexico announced a return to “normalcy” on Monday, preparing to reopen businesses and schools even as the virus sickened more than 1,200 people in 20...
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The Food and Drug Administration says it has found at least 20 Web sites that may be fraudulently marketing products with claims they guard against or cure swine flu.
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Mexico announced a return to “normalcy” on Monday, preparing to reopen businesses and schools even as the virus sickened more than 1,200 people in 20...
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In a May 1 story about colleges altering commencement plans because of swine flu, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Amherst College had isolated eight...
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The spread of the swine flu has affected high school sports in two more states, with New Mexico postponing athletic events and Florida granting athletes pulled from a...
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In a May 2 story about swine flu comments and the immigration debate, The Associated Press mischaracterized a comment by CNN’s Lou Dobbs. The story said Dobbs...
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The Southern Hemisphere has been mostly spared in the swine flu epidemic. That could change soon as winter sets in with no vaccine in place, leaving half the planet out...
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Federal health officials said Monday they were rethinking their advice that schools consider closing for as long as two weeks because of swine flu, a recommendation...
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Swine flu could shine a glaring light on the best and worst about American-style health care.
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U.S. officials say they aren’t relaxing amid reports that swine flu may be milder than first feared.
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Mexico’s president says universities will reopen Thursday and all other classes will resume nationwide next week, citing an ebb in the swine flu outbreak.
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Americans frightened by swine flu are snapping up two antiviral medicines that treat the disease, whether they have it or not.
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Mexican officials lowered their swine flu alert level in the capital on Monday and said they will allow cafes, museums and libraries to reopen this week, even as world...
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Mexican officials angry about China’s decision to quarantine more than 70 Mexicans over swine flu fears sent a plane Monday to the communist country to bring its...
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AP, Atlanta
U. S. health officials are taking another look at their advice about closing schools because of swine flu.
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Athletes from a Tampa high school were told on Monday they are being pulled from the upcoming state track meet because of a swine flu threat at their school.
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A mother and father wanted a judge to force school officials to let their two sons do their school work from home because of the swine flu scare, but the judge said...
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Hurricanes, plane crashes, tsunamis, and now, swine flu.
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The Egyptian government is using swine flu as an excuse to get rid of tens of thousands of pigs raised by garbage collectors who live amid the refuse in Cairo slums....
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A World Health Organization spokesman says the agency may raise its pandemic level to its highest alert, signifying a swine flu pandemic.
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When World Health Organization officials ask vaccine manufacturers to start producing vaccine to fight swine flu in a few weeks, they will be taking a calculated risk.
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Mexico’s top epidemiologist says the World Health Organization was slow to react to an outbreak of atypical pneumonia that grew into the swine flu epidemic, and...
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Mexico’s top medical officer voiced optimism Thursday that swine flu has slowed in the nation hardest hit by the virus, but the World Health Organization...
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Mexico’s top medical officer voiced optimism Thursday that swine flu has slowed in the nation hardest hit by the virus, but the World Health Organization...
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World Health Organization chief Dr. Margaret Chan has earned a reputation for ruthlessness when it comes to battling viruses.
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Under the World Health Organization’s alert system on a developing flu pandemic, phase 6 is the highest level. At the moment, the world has risen to phase 5 from...
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The World Health Organization says it will would stop using the term “swine flu” to avoid confusion over the danger posed by pigs.
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Mexico is telling citizens to stay home, urging businesses to close for five days and suspending government services as the World Health Organization warns the swine...
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The World Health Organization has increased its tally of confirmed swine flu cases around the world to 236 from 148.
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Mexico took even more drastic action to squelch a swine flu epidemic, ordering a suspension of private business activity and nonessential federal government activities,...
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Mexico readied a “temporarily closed” sign _ taking the drastic step of ordering a suspension of nonessential federal government and private business...
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The World Health Organization has raised its pandemic alert for swine flu to the second highest level, meaning that it believes a global outbreak of the disease is...
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The World Health Organization warned Wednesday that the swine flu outbreak is moving closer to becoming a pandemic, as the United States reported the first swine flu...
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The World Health Organization says the swine flu outbreak is moving closer to becoming a pandemic.
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Germany and Austria confirmed cases of swine flu Wednesday, becoming the third and fourth European countries hit by the disease. As the United States reported the first...
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The World Health Organization is calling a third emergency meeting of its flu experts in response to a spike in swine flu cases.
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The World Health Organization was holding an emergency “scientific review” Wednesday of the swine flu outbreak to determine exactly what is known about how...
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Weeks before the Centers for Disease Control and the World Health Organization alerted the public to a growing number of swine flu cases, a startup based in...
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