Three Amigos Talks Swine Flu, Drug Violence

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Published Aug. 10, 2009 at 12:36 p.m.

Launching coordinated attacks against a swine flu epidemic and halting the violent drug war along the U.S. and Mexican border topped President Obama’s agenda at talks in Guadalajara with the leaders of Mexico and Canada, aides said ... “Everybody recognizes that H1N1 is going to be a challenge for all of us, and there are people who are going to be getting sick in the fall and die,” deputy White House national security adviser John Brennan said ahead of the North American Summit ... Obama

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Obama visits Mexico to determine best way to deal with swine flu

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Published Aug. 9, 2009 at 3:13 p.m.

By Jenniver Loven, AP White House Correspondent ... WASHINGTON - When President Barack Obama visited Mexico in April, the now-global swine flu epidemic - unbeknownst to the White House - had just begun there and an Obama aide returned home sick ...

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WHO warns swine flu 'unstoppable'

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Published July 2, 2009 at 10:00 p.m.

The UN's top health official tells a swine flu forum in Mexico that the spread of the virus worldwide is now unstoppable ...

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U.S. Swine Flu Infections Reach the Million Mark

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Published June 26, 2009 at 4:47 p.m.

Health officials now estimate that as many as 1 million Americans have been infected with the H1N1 flu, which first surfaced in Mexico in mid-April, and the virus shows no signs of abating. Dr. Daniel Jernigan, a medical epidemiologist with the CDC’s Influenza Division, says the novel virus continues to spread in parts of the country, especially the Northeast, even though flu season is normally over by now. “The U.S. will likely see (swine) flu activity continue throughout the summer,” he

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Swine Flu Appears to Be Subsiding

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Published May 26, 2009 at 10:59 a.m.

U.S. health officials say it appears that the outbreak of H1N1 flu that emerged in Mexico and is now spreading worldwide may be subsiding. Though many states are still reporting new cases, there seems to be an overall decline in visits to doctors and hospitals by people with the disease. On Monday May 25, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) was reporting 6,764 cases in 48 states, including 10 fatalities—the latest being that of a 50-year-old woman in New York City over the weekend ... read

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Daily Update: Human Swine Influenza Investigation

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Published April 23, 2009 at 10:00 p.m.

Human cases of swine influenza A (H1N1) virus infection have been identified in the U.S. in San Diego County and Imperial County, California as well as in San Antonio, Texas. Internationally, human cases of swine influenza A (H1N1) virus infection have been identified in Mexico ...

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Mexico-China Relations Bitter Over Flu

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Published May 11, 2009 at 12:00 a.m.
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Mexico's government on Sunday called China's treatment of its citizens unacceptable and said it would not participate in a Shanghai trade fair in a bitter dispute over anti-swine flu measures adopted by the Asian giant ...

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US sees confirmed flu cases rise

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Published May 11, 2009 at 4:35 a.m.

The US now has more confirmed swine flu cases than Mexico, with a spike in numbers since Friday bringing the total to 2,532 ...

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MMWR: Outbreak of Swine-Origin Influenza A (H1N1) Virus Infection --- Mexico, March--April 2009

Published April 30, 2009 at 9:30 p.m.

On April 23, several cases of severe respiratory illness laboratory confirmed as swine-origin influenza A (H1N1) virus (S-OIV) infection were communicated to the PAHO. Sequence analysis revealed that the patients were infected with the same S-OIV strain detected in two children residing in California. This report describes the initial and ongoing investigation of the S-OIV outbreak in Mexico ...

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MMWR: Update: Novel Influenza A (H1N1) Virus Infections --- Worldwide, May 6, 2009

Published May 7, 2009 at 12:45 p.m.

Since recognition of the novel influenza A (H1N1) virus in Mexico and the United States, as of May 6, a total of 21 additional countries had reported cases, with a total of 1,882 confirmed cases worldwide ...

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