SWINE SHOCK A NATIONAL ALARM

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Published April 27, 2009 at 8:35 a.m.

It's official -- swine flu has hit New York ... City health officials yesterday confirmed that eight students at a Queens high school have the potentially deadly virus -- and more than 140 other students are exhibiting flu-like symptoms. Nassau ...

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PANICKY WORLD ILL AT EASE

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Published April 27, 2009 at 6:23 a.m.

Churches, bars and soccer stadiums in Mexico City -- ground zero of the swine flu pandemic -- were deserted yesterday amid a sweeping global panic that had countries scrambling to limit their contact with Mexico and the United States ... Mexico ...

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Global eye turns toward virus; Mexico cases soar

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Published April 27, 2009 at 3:31 a.m.
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Health officials around the world worked to contain what appears to be a spreading swine flu outbreak early Monday, while one out of every five residents of Mexico's most populous city wore masks to protect themselves against the virus ...

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Swine flu: The basics

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Published April 27, 2009 at 2:00 a.m.
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How do people get it? What are symptoms? And more details ... Swine flu facts ... WHAT IS IT? Swine flu is a general term for flu viruses adapted to pigs. Swine flu can infect humans, most often from a pig to someone handling pigs. It can pass from human to human via coughing, sneezing or touching infected people or surfaces, then touching the mouth, nose or eyes ...

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Swine flu prompts U.S. emergency

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Published April 27, 2009 at 2:00 a.m.
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The declaration is a precaution, say health officials, who call on the public to be calm and prepared ... Federal officials declared a public health emergency Sunday as eight cases of swine flu were identified in New York and one was announced in Ohio, bringing the U.S. total of confirmed cases to 20 ...

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Swine flu 'debacle' of 1976 is recalled

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Published April 27, 2009 at 2:00 a.m.
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The episode triggered an enduring public backlash against flu vaccination, embarrassed the federal government and cost the director of the CDC his job ... Warren D. Ward, 48, was in high school when the swine flu threat of 1976 swept the U.S. The Whittier man remembers the episode vividly because a relative died in the 1918 flu pandemic, and the 1976 illness was feared to be a direct descendant of the deadly virus ...

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States with swine flu cases go into containment mode

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Published April 27, 2009 at 2:00 a.m.
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Health authorities in California, Texas, Kansas and New York take health precautions but also work to ease people's fears ... Around the country, states with confirmed swine flu cases moved Sunday to contain the health ramifications and the public's fears ...

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Swine flu's next move impossible to predict

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Published April 27, 2009 at 2:00 a.m.
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Scientists have yet to figure out how this strain of the influenza virus spreads, or what makes it lethal. It could continue spreading or fizzle out, they say ... Sometime in the last few years, as the world's attention was focused on the bird flu that killed more than 250 people in Asia, another bird flu strain infected pigs ...

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Interim CDC Guidance for Nonpharmaceutical Community Mitigation in Response to Human Infections with Swine Influenza (H1N1) Virus

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Published April 27, 2009 at 12:02 a.m.

This document provides interim planning guidance for state, territorial, tribal, and local communities that focuses on several nonpharmaceutical measures that might be useful during this outbreak of swine influenza A (H1N1) virus aimed at reducing disease transmission and associated morbidity and mortality ...

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Symptoms of H1N1 (Swine Flu)

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Published April 27, 2009 at 12:00 a.m.

In this video, Dr. Joe Bresee, with CDC's Influenza Division, describes the symptoms of H1N1 (swine flu) and warning signs to look for that indicate the need for urgent medical attention ...

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   According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in humans the symptoms of H1N1 swine flu are similar to those of influenza and of influenza-like illness in general. Symptoms include fever, cough, sore throat, body aches, headache, chills and fatigue. The 2009 outbreak has shown an increased percentage of patients reporting diarrhea and vomiting.

   Recommendations to prevent the spread of the virus among humans include using standard infection control against influenza. This includes frequent washing of hands with soap and water or with alcohol-based hand sanitizers, especially after being out in public.