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Swine Influenza (Flu) Update on Outbreak

In response to an intensifying outbreak in the United States and internationally caused by a new influenza virus of swine origin, the World Health Organization raised the worldwide pandemic alert level to Phase 5 on April 29, 2009. A Phase 5 alert is a “strong signal that a pandemic is imminent and that the time [...]
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WHO Issues Epidemic and Pandemic Alert

The World Health Organization has issued a swine flu alert: Epidemic and Pandemic Alert and Response (EPR) Influenza-like illness in the United States and Mexico The United States Government has reported seven confirmed human cases of Swine Influenza A/H1N1 in the USA (five in California and two in Texas) and nine suspect cases. All seven [...]
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