swine flu alerts and updates

Swine flu rumors travel with the speed of high-tech gadgets
Kansas City Star - MO,USA
Text-message alerts went to cell-phone and BlackBerry users. Auto-dialed calls carried recorded messages to every parent. Updates scrolled across the screen ...
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Schools on swine flu alert
Jackson Clarion Ledger - Jackson,MS,USA
University and community college officials have different plans for dealing with swine flu. Interim Commissioner of Higher Education Dr. Aubrey Lucas said ...
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Swine flu hits Asia as Mexico shuts down AFP "This (H1N1 flu) virus is considered less deadly," he said. But Asia was on alert Friday as Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang said that a 25-year-old ... See all stories on this topic

Schools on alert for swine flu Topeka Capital Journal - Topeka,KS,USA Harbaugh said any swine flu updates USD 501 receives from KDHE or the Shawnee County Health Department are passed on to principals and nurses at area ... See all stories on this topic Swine flu arrives in Asia AFP HONG KONG (AFP) — South Korea Saturday reported its first case of swine flu after Hong Kong said a man who flew from Mexico had the disease, in Asia's first ... See all stories on this topic Swine Flu Widens; Symptoms No Worse Than Seasonal Bug Bloomberg - USA By Tom Randall May 2 (Bloomberg) -- Swine flu reached 14 countries and there's evidence the new virus is spreading in five nations among people unconnected ... See all stories on this topic Hong Kong at 'critical moment' in swine flu AFP The city was placed on its highest health alert after the 25-year-old man tested positive for the A(H1N1) virus on Friday, the first confirmed case of swine ... See all stories on this topic  Consumer Alert: Swine Flu Affecting E-Mail WSIL TV - Carterville,IL,USA Within hours of the first reports of the swine flu outbreak, The Better Business Bureau says something else started to spread; spam email. ... See all stories on this topic WHO Gives Virus a Name That's More Scientific and Less Loaded New York Times - United States “There were some issues regarding the name ‘swine flu' that were brought to the attention of the scientific community,” said Thomas W. Skinner, ... See all stories on this topic The Associated Press Swine flu may be less potent than first feared The Associated Press The swine flu outbreak that has alarmed the world for a week now appears less ominous, with the virus showing little staying power in the hardest-hit cities ... See all stories on this topic ALERT: 16 New Probable Cases of H1N1 in MI WXYZ - Detroit,MI,USA (WXYZ) - UPDATE! - The State of Michigan has added 10 new probable cases of swine flu in addition to the 6 that were announced earlier today. ... See all stories on this topic Infections continue, but flu may be milder than feared San Diego Union Tribune - San Diego,CA,USA By Mike Lee Union-Tribune Staff Writer Even though infections from the swine flu outbreak continued to pile up worldwide Friday, public health experts and ... See all stories on this topic The Smile Behind the Mask New York Times - United States When I heard about this scary strain of swine flu late last week, I panicked and returned to him. He shrugged, and calmly told me that my flu had “probably” ... See all stories on this topic  Ridgefield schools send home swine flu information Ridgefield Press - CT, USA As you know, the outbreak of H1N1 flu (swine flu) is a national and global concern. The recommended course of action is to be alert to symptoms (fever, ... See all stories on this topic  Swine Flu Suspected in Thousands, With ‘Less Severe' Illness Bloomberg - USA WHO raised the alert to level 5 two days ago after swine flu took root in New York. It was the second elevation this week. The phase 5 warning is “a strong ... See all stories on this topic How fast-moving swine flu hopscotched the globe The Associated Press By early April, the Veracruz government notified Mexican authorities of a possible flu outbreak in La Gloria. This alert happened to come around Holy Week, ... See all stories on this topic