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A 3-year-old boy kidnapped two weeks ago was in good spirits after he was found in Mexico and reunited with his mother, the sheriff said.
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China Quarantines Mexican Travelers Over Swine Flu
The A/H1N1 flu outbreak is leading to a potential diplomatic row between China and Mexico, as Chinese health authorities round up and quarantine scores of Mexicans — only one of whom is thus far reported to be sick — as they fly in on business and holiday trips.
Mexico’s foreign minister said Mexican citizens with no signs of infection had been isolated in “unacceptable conditions” in China. Patricia Espinosa told a news conference Saturday that such measures were “discriminatory and ungrounded” and that the government is advising Mexicans to stay away from China.
She also criticized four Latin American countries — Argentina, Peru, Ecuador and Cuba — for suspending flights coming from Mexico against the recommendation of the World Health Organization. – from WSJ
Officials Say Swine Flu Threat Still Strong. Pigs Say Oink Oink.
The number of swine flu deaths have ebbed in Mexico, but experts are warning people not to get complacent because the virus keeps spreading around the world.
The number of suspected deaths from swine flu in Mexico has been cut by 75 to 101, indicating the outbreak may not be as bad as initially feared. The country has ordered a five-day shutdown in a bid to contain the virus. US President Barack Obama is calling for continued vigilance but says the virus that has travelled across the border also appears weaker. – from BBC
In the first known reported case of the new, mutated virus infecting another species, pigs in the province of Alberta have become infected and are under quarantine. They apparently got the virus from a Canadian farm worker who recently visited Mexico and got sick with swine flu, Canadian officials said Saturday. They told a press conference in Ottawa that the pigs do not pose a food safety risk, adding that the traveler recovered from the swine flu and the pigs are “well on their way to recovery.” The outbreak occurred on a single farm, where about 10 percent of 2,200 pigs showed a fever and loss of appetite. No pigs have died from the virus, officials said. – from AP
311 Swine Flu Deaths! Close the Mexico Border!
The number of confirmed cases of the N1H1 virus jumped more than 30 percent with 331 people being sickened by the virus known as swine flu, the the World Health Organization said Friday. The organization announced that 251 people had virus Thursday.
The largest outbreak was in Mexico which had 156 confirmed cases.
In the U.S. there were 109 confirmed cases and one death, the WHO said.
The virus had spread to 11 countries, but the hardest hit areas were in the western hemisphere, the organization said.
We have not “seen sustained human to human transmission anywhere outside the Americas region,” said Thomas Abraham, WHO spokesman.
- from CNN
Mexican health authorities say they have confirmed 300 swine flu cases due to the virus among a total of 679 people tested so far. That’s up from 260 confirmed cases announced just a few hours ago. Less than half of the suspected cases tested have been confirmed as swine flu. Health workers have visited the homes of 76 suspected victims and found only two cases in which relatives tested positive for an A-type flu virus which could be related to the swine strain.
Health Secretary Jose Cordova said Thursday that authorities have spent 1.6 billion pesos ($116 million) on medical supplies and equipment so far in the epidemic. The outbreak has caused a confirmed 12 deaths in Mexico. – from AP
Swine flu goes global
Researchers are scrambling to study the evolution and spread of the novel H1N1 strain of swine influenza whose leap to humans was officially confirmed last week. The possible imminent onset of a swine-flu pandemic is also testing international preparedness plans put into place to deal with something else: the much-feared H5N1 avian flu virus that has spread across Asia, Europe and Africa since 2003. – from Nature
But is everyone getting the same virus? Part of me wants to believe that it’s not spreading as fast as it seems because some of the apparent spread is some other, milder virus. But Butler reminds us that the fast spread through the school in New York, where 28 kids have been cconfirmed to have the same virus that has run through Mexico (though none of the NY students terribly sick), argues against that optimistic take. At the same time. from here
World Health Organisation assistant director-general Keiji Fukuda said researchers on the ground were seeing the infection spread from person-to-person. “It is clear that the virus is spreading and we don’t see evidence of it slowing down at this point,” he said. – from Sky
On Monday, the World Health Organization (WHO) raised its alert level although that is still two steps short of a full pandemic. As of Tuesday, the virus was suspected in 152 fatalities and 1,600 illnesses – all in Mexico. Elsewhere, 90 cases of the flu had been confirmed in at least 11 countries – 50 cases alone in the United States. SARS, by comparison, was believed responsible for 800 fatalities and 8,000 illnesses. – from CSmonitor
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 imminent. The Phase 5 alert indicates sustained human-to-human spread in at least two countries. It also signals that efforts to produce a vaccine will be ramped up. – from Dallas
The WHO has confirmed 154 cases in nine countries, and hundreds of people are being tested for the virus from Australia to New York. Eight of those known to have had swine flu have died, though many more may be carrying the virus and not getting seriously ill, the WHO said. The case in Spain may signal that the disease is being transmitted easily outside of Mexico, where the outbreak began, officials said.
“It is all of humanity that is under threat during a pandemic,” Margaret Chan, WHO director-general, said at a news conference in Geneva yesterday. “The biggest question right now is this: How severe will the pandemic be? All countries should immediately now activate their pandemic plans.” – from Bloomberg
Close the Mexico Border! Stop Swine Flu!
Close the Mexican Border now, stop Swine Flu!
The swine flu outbreak that started less than a month ago has caused more than 150 deaths in Mexico and more than 60 confirmed cases across the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom, with suspected cases in France, Spain, Israel and New Zealand. – from CNN
Travel restrictions under consideration by the U.S. to prevent the spread of a new flu virus may be influenced by politics more than science, the World Health Organization’s chief said today. – from Bloomberg
It couldn’t have struck at a worse moment. Reeling from economic crisis and public insecurity, Mexico was now faced with a public health emergency of unknown proportions. Across the country, from Tijuana in the north to Tapachula in the south, schools were closed, masses canceled, restaurants and nightclubs shuttered, museums and libraries shut down, and workplaces put on reduced hours. Slammed with travel warnings and restrictions from abroad, Mexico’s important tourist industry, already teetering on the brink, was threatened with a coup de grace from the deadly hand of the swine flu. – from NewspaperTree
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said on Wednesday that closing borders with Mexico would not help contain the swine flu. Napolitano said in prepared testimony to the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee that closing the border “would yield only very marginal benefits,” but would lead to very high costs. Some lawmakers and media writers had earlier urged the government to close the U.S. border with Mexico, the origin of the swine flu outbreak, in a bid to stop the spread of the disease. – from here
U.S. Swine Flu Cases Rise Again, CDC Expects Even More
A Mexican toddler in Texas has become the first confirmed swine flu death outside of Mexico, as authorities around the world struggle to contain a growing global health menace.
Swine Flu’s Mexican Ground Zero, Patient Zero?
Residents in small Mexican town believe their community is ground zero for swine flu epidemic.
Swine Flu Outbreak Hitting Texas
As the U.S. government gears up to combat the recent outbreak of swine flu, health officials in Texas are reporting six confirmed cases in the state. Rich Matthews has more on the public mood there.
A 23-month-old child from Texas has become the first American to die from the swine flu outbreak, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta confirmed today. The CDC released no other information about how — or where — the child may have contracted the disease. There are now 71 confirmed cases in the U.S., the CDC reports. – from ABCNews
A 23-month-old child has died of swine flu in Texas, the first confirmed death in the United States as well as the first outside Mexico, the Centres for Disease Control said. There are 63 confirmed cases of swine flu in the US. – from News
Newlyweds Heidi and Spencer catch the Swine Flu in Mexico?
Newlyweds Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt are now in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico — but not for their honeymoon. She is shooting her new music video, “Sex Ed,” but it’s been tough to focus on work in light of the swine flu epidemic. “We’re definitely wearing the facemasks everywhere we go,” Pratt said Tuesday on Ryan Seacrest’s KIIS-FM radio show. “We’re not playing — I’m not trying to get pig flu. We’re in isolation, we’re in full hiding.” Montag later added, “Every second, we’re washing our hands.” – from US
Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt relaxed on their balcony in Cabo yesterday, enjoying their new life as husband and wife. Heidi showed off her bikini body while the two soaked in some sun, though they’re a little worried about the swine flu in Mexico. – from Popsugar
Swine Flu Concerns High for Travelers to Mexico
Along the U.S., Mexico border many Americans were still crossing into Tijuana where some are having a tough time finding surgical masks to protect them from swine flu. The government says nonessential travel to Mexico should be post-poned.
Outbreak! Over 100 Deaths Tied to Mexico Swine Flu Epidemic
Governments around the world moved to contain the spread of a possible flu pandemic on Monday, as a virus that has killed 103 people in Mexico spread to the United States and may have reached as far as New Zealand. Fearing another setback for the fragile world economy, markets reacted nervously to the swine flu outbreak, which has prompted the World Health Organization (WHO) to activate its 24-hour “war room” command center.
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Swine Flu Outbreak! 20 Confirmed Swine Flu Cases in U.S.
Dr. Richard Besser, Acting Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the United States has 20 swine flu cases in five states.
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg says that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed students at a city high school were infected with swine flu. New York officials previously had said they were eight ‘probable’ cases.
Countries planned quarantines, tightened rules on pork imports and tested airline passengers for fevers as global health officials tried Sunday to come up with uniform ways to battle a deadly strain of swine flu.
Swine Flu Strikes New York; CDC Calls Swine Flu Outbreak “Serious”
After 8 students at St. Francis’ Prep in Queens, N.Y. tested positive for swine flu and 150 more with “flu-like” symptoms, officials fear a possible city-wide epidemic. Swine flu has killed at least 20 people in Mexico and sickened at least eight people in the U.S., and the CDC expects more U.S. cases as the hunt for swine flu intensifies.
The eight confirmed U.S. cases are located in San Antonio, Texas, and California’s San Diego County and Imperial County. Others will probably be found elsewhere, notes Anne Schuchat, MD, the CDC’s interim deputy director for science and public health program. “We are likely to find it in many other places,” Schuchat said at a press conference today. “We don’t think containment [of the virus] is feasible.” – from WebMD
New York City School Closed Over Swine Flu
A New York City high school will be closed Monday after more than 100 students came down with flu-like symptoms. It is believed to be the swine flu. That strain has killed more than 60 people in Mexico.
Students at a New York City high school could learn as early as Sunday if the flu that sickened them was the same strain of the human swine influenza that has killed people in Mexico. Preliminary tests of samples taken from sick students’ noses and throats confirmed that at least eight had a non-human strain of influenza type A, indicating probable cases of swine flu, city health officials said. The exact subtypes were still unknown, and the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was conducting further tests. – from AP
Mexico Swine Flu Has Huge ‘Pandemic Potential,’ Could Be Bigger Than Menudo
A new swine flu strain that has killed and sickened people across Mexico has “pandemic potential,” the World Health Organization chief said and it may be too late to contain the sudden outbreak.
As Mexico struggled against the odds Saturday to contain a strange new flu that has killed as many as 68 and perhaps sickened more than 1,000, it was becoming clearer that the government hasn’t moved quickly enough to head off what the World Health Organization said has the potential to become a global epidemic. – from Yahoo
A unique strain of swine flu is the suspected killer of dozens of people in Mexico, where authorities closed schools, museums, libraries and theaters in the capital on Friday to try to contain an outbreak that has spurred concerns of a global flu epidemic. The worrisome new virus — which combines genetic material from pigs, birds and humans in a way researchers have not seen before — also sickened at least eight people in Texas and California, though there have been no deaths in the U.S. “We are very, very concerned,” World Health Organization spokesman Thomas Abraham said. “We have what appears to be a novel virus and it has spread from human to human … It’s all hands on deck at the moment.” – from Yahoo
Mexico Swine Flu Coming to New York City
The New York City health commissioner says at least eight flu cases at one school in the city are probable human swine influenza.
Mexico slams Burger King for ‘whopper’ of insult
Surprising Combination Texican Whopper from Burger King. Mexico’s ambassador to Spain said Monday he has written a letter to Burger King’s offices in that nation objecting to the ad and asking that it be removed. Jorge Zermeno told Radio Formula that the ads “improperly use the stereotyped image of a Mexican.”