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More deaths from “new flu”

Monday, May 11th, 2009

Swine flu spreads; another American dies

Electron micrograph of swine flu virus.

Electron micrograph of swine flu virus.

Although present dangers from swine flu may be less severe than originally feared, victims continue to die from the disease as it spreads across the globe. The latest developments place new cases in Australia, China and Japan, while new deaths linked to the disease have occurred in Costa Rica, Mexico and the United States. A Washington state man was the third confirmed casualty (more…)

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Swine flu update

Friday, May 8th, 2009

As of Friday, May 8, The Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta are reporting 1,639 cases of the H1N1 virus (swine flu) found in 42 states and Washington, D.C. There have also been two deaths, both in Texas. The total number of U.S. confirmed cases has nearly doubled from the 896 cases reported on Thursday.

Canada also reported its first death from the influenza virus. (more…)

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WHO says swine flu pandemic might infect 2 billion

Thursday, May 7th, 2009

The World Health Organization reported today that should the current North American swine flu outbreak become a pandemic, it might affect a third of the world’s population. WHO’s Keiji Fukuda, an influenza expert, said that while there was no predicting at this point what will actually happen, a pandemic would probably infect about 2 billion people. To become a pandemic and thereby move the WHO’s health alert status for the disease outbreak to level 6—the top level—it would have to spread to another region of the world. (more…)

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Meningitis death toll tops 2,000

Wednesday, May 6th, 2009

While swine flu captures most of the health-related headlines in the U.S., most Americans are probably not aware that a meningitis outbreak in Nigeria has already claimed over 2,000 lives. (more…)

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First U.S. citizen dies from swine flu

Wednesday, May 6th, 2009

The first death in the U.S. from swine flu was a Mexican toddler whose family was visiting in Texas. Now the disease has claimed the life of a U.S. citizen as well, that of 33-year-old teacher Judy Trunnell of Cameron County, Texas. Cameron County is on the Mexico border. According to the Texas Department of State Health Services, Trunnell suffered from “chronic underlying health conditions.” The 22-month-old Mexican child was similarly reported to be suffering from health complications. (more…)

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