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Influenza A(H1N1) – update 14

WHO reports:
 
Influenza A(H1N1) – update 14
4 May 2009 – As of 18:00 GMT, 4 May 2009, 21 countries have officially reported 1085 cases of influenza A (H1N1) infection.
Mexico has reported 590 laboratory confirmed human cases of infection, including 25 deaths. The United States has reported 286 laboratory confirmed human cases, including one death.
The following countries have [...]

Mexico swine flu death toll jumps to 19

AP reports:

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico reported three new deaths from the swine flu epidemic Saturday and urged citizens not to let their guard down against a virus that has killed 19 in people in Mexico and is spreading across Asia and Europe.
Health Secretary Jose Angel Cordova said Mexico’s confirmed swine flu cases jumped to [...]

‘Worst Case’ Scenario for Flu Estimated

LiveScience.com reports:
 
There will be about 1,700 U.S. cases of the new H1N1 flu, aka “swine flu,” in the next four weeks under a worst-case scenario, according to a research team’s new simulations. 
And a second team working independently, about 200 miles away, on exactly the same question came up with a similar forecast.
 
As of Thursday, there [...]

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