The Swine Flu Facts

10 swine flu things to know, from Daily News Staff

Yahoo reports:
 
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico first noticed a strange new flu virus after a woman died in the southern state of Oaxaca on April 13, but investigators are far from discovering the origin of an outbreak that has spread throughout the world.
Possible cases of the new H1N1 swine flu have been found in several locations in [...]

NEW YORK – At least seven people were in U.S. hospitals with swine flu Tuesday as the number of cases nationwide rose to 64 and afederal health official warned that deaths were likely.
Most of the nation’s confirmed cases were in New York, where the city health commissioner said “many hundreds” of schoolchildren were ill at a [...]

“I fully expect we will see deaths from this infection”

 
LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles County coroner’s office on Tuesday was investigating the recent deaths of two men for links to swine flu. If confirmed, the cases would be the first swine flu deaths in the United States.
“What we have right now is there are a couple cases that are going to be brought in for [...]

 
MEXICO CITY – Cuba suspended flights to and from Mexico on Tuesday, becoming the first country to impose a travel ban, as the fast-moving swine flu strain extended its reach overseas and in the United States.
World health officials in Geneva said they believed the virus appears to be establishing itself in communities and be able to produce larger outbreaks outside Mexico. [...]

ATLANTA – The number of confirmed swine flu cases in the United States has jumped to 64, federal officials said Tuesday, and states reported at least four more.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the new count includes “a number of hospitalizations.” CDC officials had previously said just one person had been hospitalized.
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