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11/13/2009	World Health Organization	Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 - update 74	As of 8 November 2009, worldwide more than 206 countries and overseas territories or communities have reported laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 2009, including over 6250 deaths.
11/13/2009	NY Daily News	Swine flu has killed 4,000 in U.S. since April, according to federal estimates	Estimates of deaths in the United States caused by swine flu have grown to nearly 4,000 since April, roughly quadrupling previous death estimates. That does not mean swine flu suddenly has worsened.
11/12/2009	Fox News	CDC: H1N1 Has Sickened 22 Million in 6 Months	Government health officials say swine flu has sickened about 22 million Americans since April.
11/12/2009	NY Times	For Children With Flu, a Trip to the E.R.?	When do fever, cough and chills in children merit a trip to the emergency room? Pediatrician Dr. Howard Zucker offers advice for swine flu season.
11/11/2009	MSNBC	Va. teen suffers rare illness after swine flu shot	A 14-year-old Virginia boy is struggling to walk after coming down with a suspected case of Guillain-Barre syndrome within hours after receiving the H1N1 vaccine for swine flu. The cases raises anti-vaccine fears, but health officials see no link.
11/11/2009	Albany Times Union	Massive H1N1 clinic at Times Union Center Sunday	ALBANY -- The county will hold a clinic to administer the H1N1 shot to up to 4,000 county residents Sunday at the Times Union Center.
11/11/2009	Albany Times Union	H1N1 may be child's killer	Family member of Clifton Park boy says swine flu is suspected in death
11/11/2009	NY Times	Recalculating the Tally in Swine Flu Deaths	About 4,000 Americans — rather than about 1,200 originally reported by officials — have died of swine flu since the disease emerged in April.
11/9/2009	Topix.com	Oneida County adult dies from H1N1 complications	An Oneida County adult, who contracted the H1N1 virus, has died from complications of the infection, the Oneida County Health Department announced today. The Government is taking to long to protect us, they will wait till many die before we get the vaccine for everyone.
11/9/2009	NY Times	18 and Under: Fearing a Flu Vaccine, and Wanting More of It	Dual worries among parents who haven't experienced epidemics.
11/6/2009	Fox News	Only One-Third of Adults Who Want H1N1 Shot Able to Get It	A new national poll found that only about a third of adults who have tried to get a swine flu vaccine have been able to get it.
11/7/2009	Associated Press	Alaska island village hit by suspected swine flu	ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- Suspected swine flu is sweeping a traditional Eskimo whaling village on a remote Alaska island - prompting an urgent medical mission to deliver help....
11/6/2009	MSNBC	Animals need to be closely watched for flu	Some pigs, turkeys and household pets have become infected with the H1N1 flu, but the pandemic virus does not yet appear to be spreading quickly among animals, the World Health Organization said on Friday.
11/6/2009	World Health Organization	Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 - update 73	As of 1 November 2009, worldwide more than 199 countries and overseas territories/communities have reported laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 2009, including over 6000 deaths.
11/6/2009	NY Times	F.D.A. Fighting ' Online Claims About Swine Flu Treatments	The Food and Drug Administration has identified 140 different dubious products sold online and has sent letters to 75 manufacturers.
11/5/2009	MSNBC	Swine flu linked to seven deaths in Amazon	Swine flu has appeared among Venezuela's Yanomami Indians, one of the largest isolated indigenous groups in the Amazon, and a doctor said Wednesday that the virus is suspected in seven deaths, including six infants.
11/5/2009	MSNBC	WHO: Swine flu virus is top strain worldwide	The World Health Organization's flu chief said the swine flu virus has now become the predominant flu strain worldwide.
11/5/2009	NY Times	Can Pets Get Swine Flu?	Several readers recently asked the Consults blog whether cats, dogs and other pets can get sick from the H1N1 virus that causes swine flu.
11/4/2009	Los Angeles Daily News	USDA: Pigs in Indiana test positive for swine flu	The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Wednesday that pigs in a commercial herd in Indiana have tested positive for swine flu, making it the first time the virus has been found in such hogs.
11/4/2009	NY Times	Practical Traveler: Theme Parks Confront Flu Jitters	With crowded conditions, theme parks are being viewed as the perfect petri dishes for the H1N1 virus by some worried travelers.
11/3/2009	Daily Gazette, Schenectady	2 flu-related deaths confirmed	The first two deaths in the greater Capital Region linked to the H1N1 flu were announced on Monday by health departments in Albany and Warren counties.
11/3/2009	NY Times	At Work With the Flu	According to a federal agency, 39 percent of private-sector workers do not receive paid sick leave, which many fear may be encouraging the spread of swine flu.
11/1/2009	MSNBC	Swine flu poses a costly decision for millions	For millions of Americans the rule is simple: If you don't come to work, you don't get paid.
11/1/2009	World Health Organization	Pandemic (H1N1) 2009, Ukraine	On 28 October 2009, the Ministry of Health of the Ukraine informed WHO, through its Country Office in Ukraine, about an unusually high level of activity of acute respiratory illness in the western part of the country, associated with an increased number of hospital admissions and fatalities. ...
11/1/2009	NY Times	Ukraine Bans Big Crowds to Combat Swine Flu	The government is taking some of the sternest measures in the world to stop the spread of the virus, and the effort has become an issue in the presidential election.
10/30/2009	World Health Organization	Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 - update 72	As of 25 October 2009, worldwide there have been more than 440,000 laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 2009 and over 5700 deaths reported to WHO.
10/30/2009	NY Daily News	School nurses give swine flu vaccine to kids without parents' OK	School nurses mistakenly gave the swine flu vaccine to two students who didn't sign up for it - including a Brooklyn girl with epilepsy who wound up in the hospital.
10/30/2009	Daily Gazette, Schenectady	Measures being taken locally to curb outbreak	The swine flu epidemic has continued to spur extra safety measures locally.
10/29/2009	WNYT Channel 13, Albany	NY declares emergency over H1N1	New York Gov. David Paterson has declared a state of emergency because of the rise in swine flu cases...
10/29/2009	MSNBC	Cholesterol drugs may improve flu survival	Doctors may have a new treatment for swine flu that's already on pharmacy shelves ' cholesterol-lowering statin drugs like Lipitor and Zocor.
10/28/2009	MSNBC	Swine flu closes more than 600 schools in U.S.	Across the country schools are closing by the dozen as officials say they're being hit so hard by swine flu that they feel shutting down for a few days is the only feasible option.
10/29/2009	Times Union	Getting a shot at the H1N1 vaccine	The swine flu vaccine is in short supply but some University at Albany students will get the jab this week.
10/28/2009	Fox News	U.S. May End Up Discarding Unused H1N1 Vaccine	The U.S. government may end up throwing away unused doses of swine flu vaccine if people cannot get it soon enough
10/25/2009	NY Daily News	Swine flu facts: H1N1 information guide to protect yourself and your family	The Daily News linked up with Yahoo! to analyze the tens of millions of swine flu-related searches on their U.S. website -- and found the ten key questions Americans are asking about the virus. Dr. Richard Besser, former head of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and senior health and medical editor at ABC News, provides the answers.
10/26/2009	NY Times	A Nation Battling Swine Flu, and Short Vaccine Supplies	Experts say overly rosy projections on vaccine supplies did not take account for the vagaries of vaccine production.
10/24/2009	NY Daily News	President Obama declares swine flu a national emergency	President Barack Obama has declared the swine flu outbreak a national emergency.
10/23/2009	MSNBC	1,000 in U.S. have died from swine flu so far	The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says swine flu is causing as much illness now as the winter peak of regular flu seasons. More than 1,000 in the U.S. have died so far, including nearly 100 children.
10/23/2009	Albany Times Union	Hospitals restrict visitors to keep H1N1 from spreading	Nine Capital Region hospitals are implementing new guidelines for visitors to help fight the spread of flu and other infectious diseases.
10/23/2009	Saratogian	Swine Flu cases continue to rise at area schools	The number of students with confirmed cases of H1N1 flu continues to rise, Ballston Spa Central School District officials are reporting.
10/23/2009	World Health Organization	Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 - update 71	As of 17 October 2009, worldwide there have been more than 414,000 laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 2009 and nearly 5000 deaths reported to WHO.
10/23/2009	Democrat and Chronicle	N.Y. rescinds mandatory flu shots	The state Health Department has suspended a ruling that would have forced health care workers across the state to get vaccinated against the swine flu, saying in a decision issued Thursday that it did so because the vaccine is in short supply.
10/23/2009	MSNBC	1 in 5 U.S. kids had flu this month	The latest government survey has found that 1 in 5 U.S. children had a flu-like illness earlier this month, and most of those cases likely were swine flu.
10/21/2009	Fox News	H1N1 Running Rampant Amid Shortage of Vaccine	H1N1 flu is running rampant throughout the U.S., and the country has received only 25 percent of the vaccine that it expected to have by now, Sen. Joe Lieberman told a Senate committee hearing Wednesday.
10/21/2009	Saratogian	Ballston Spa Middle School reports two H1N1 cases	BALLSTON SPA; The Ballston Spa Central School District reported Tuesday that two middle school students have lab-confirmed cases of H1N1 flu.
10/21/2009	Daily Gazette, Schenectady	Schools, clinics seeing rise in flu cases, likely H1N1	Schools and urgent care facilities throughout Saratoga County are reporting increased numbers of influenza-type illnesses, and most are suspected to be H1N1 cases, according to the county's Public Health Department.
10/20/2009	Los Angeles Daily News	Flu patients jam ER at County-USC	Facing reports that patients with swine flu and other illnesses are waiting in LAC+USC Hospital's emergency room up to 24 hours before admission, the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday voted to transfer patients to other hospitals when the ER becomes too crowded.
10/20/2009	WNYT Channel 13, Albany	Pork safe to eat despite H1N1	There's a new concern with the swine flu -- the risk to the swine population. That's because the U.S. Department of Agriculture just confirmed the first case of pandemic H1N1 virus in a pig from Minnesota...
10/19/2009	Fox News	Hospitals Restricting Visitors to Stop H1N1	Hospitals around the country are turning away visiting children and tightening restrictions on adults, too, in hopes of limiting the spread of the H1N1 flu in the hallways.
10/19/2009	MSNBC	Swine flu makes a foolproof excuse for slackers	Some slackers among us are beginning to see a silver lining to the global swine flu pandemic: a rock-solid excuse for getting out of absolutely anything.
10/18/2009	MSNBC	NYT: Swine-flu fears curb life's rituals	In offices, churches, hospitals, college dorms and schools ' and even at yoga classes and in apple orchards ' the fear of swine flu is turning age-old rituals on their head.
10/17/2009	NY Daily News	Weiner to city: Beware fake swine flu remedies	Make sure it's a doc and not a dot.com. Rep. Anthony Weiner warned New Yorkers Saturday against surfing the Web for swine flu remedies.
10/18/2009	Daily Gazette, Schenectady	Swine flu shot battles a novel virus	More than 40,000 doses of H1N1 flu vaccine will be distributed in the Capital Region over the next several weeks as part of the largest mass inoculation of Americans in decades.
10/16/2009	World Health Organization	Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 - update 70	As of 11 October 2009, worldwide there have been more than 399232 laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 2009 and over 4735 deaths reported to WHO.
10/16/2009	Democrat and Chronicle	Challenge to H1N1 vaccine widens	A group challenging a state requirement that all health care workers in New York get vaccinated for swine flu said Thursday that it is seeking a federal injunction to halt nationwide distribution of the vaccine.
10/13/2009	Los Angeles Daily News	Seniors may be immune to swine flu	As swine flu cases in Los Angeles County spike among kids and young adults, officials said Tuesday that many seniors are immune to the virus having been exposed to similar strains decades earlier.
10/13/2009	WNYT Channel 13, Albany	RPI warns beer pong spreads H1N1	A local college with nearly two dozen confirmed cases of swine flu is asking all students, including those of age, to lay off the drinking games...
10/12/2009	Fox News	Sickest H1N1 Cases in Canada, Mexico Detailed	New reports on swine flu in Canada and Mexico describe rapidly worsening symptoms in the sickest patients.
10/12/2009	Glens Falls Post Star	Swine flu and kids: Heed warning signs, MDs say	Max Gomez was a bright-eyed 5-year-old happy to have just started kindergarten when he developed sniffles and a fever. His mother figured it was only a cold. Three days later, the Antioch, Tenn., boy was dead, apparently from swine flu. At least 76 American children have died from the new virus, and doctors are urging parents to watch for warning signs that the flu has become life-threatening.
10/12/2009	NY Times	Aspirin May Have Had Role in 1918 Flu Epidemic	A study suggests that overdoses of what was then the relatively new “wonder drug” could have been deadly.
10/12/2009	Democrat and Chronicle	Many workers lack paid sick days	Advising people to stay home from work if they come down with swine flu is, in many cases, like advising them to take a pay cut.
10/11/2009	Fox News	CDC Official Downplays H1N1 Vaccine Risks	A top U.S. health official says the risks from not getting the H1N1 vaccine are greater than any potential risks associated with the vaccine.
10/9/2009	Fox News	CDC: 76 Children Dead From H1N1 as Cases Rise	Health officials said Friday that 76 children have died of swine flu, including 16 new reports in the past week — more evidence the new virus is unusually dangerous in kids.
10/8/2009	NY Times	Areas Hit Hard by Flu in Spring See Little Now	Cities and states that had big outbreaks of the H1N1 virus might be benefiting from an immunizing effect.
10/8/2009	NY Times	Experience Guides Mexico as Swine Flu Cases Surge	Health officials have adopted more focused measures than when the strain first appeared nearly six months ago.
10/9/2009	NY Times	Virus Is Found in Many With Chronic Fatigue Syndrome	Researchers found a link between a little known virus and patients with the syndrome, which has long been a mystery.
10/9/2009	World Health Organization	Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 - update 69	As of 4 October 2009, worldwide there have been more than 375,000 laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 2009 and over 4500 deaths reported to WHO.
10/3/2009	Daily Gazette, Schenectady	Flu scare scuttles attendance award	Perfect attendance awards for the 2009-10 school year are being eliminated at school districts in Fulton, Montgomery and Hamilton counties, a casualty of concerns over the H1N1 virus, commonly known as swine flu.
10/2/2009	World Health Organization	Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 - update 68	As of 27 September 2009, worldwide there have been more than 340,000 laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 2009 and over 4100 deaths reported to WHO.
9/30/2009	MSNBC	Pneumonia in many swine flu deaths	Many people who've died from swine flu also have been infected with pneumonia bacteria, underscoring the need for vaccination against that bug, too, federal health officials said.
9/30/2009	Daily Gazette, Schenectady	Fulton County working to finalize mass fatality planning	Municipal clerks in Fulton County are preparing to train subregistrars to help them handle an influx of burial permit requests in the event of a pandemic or other mass fatality incident.
9/29/2009	MSNBC	Military to get mandatory swine flu shots soon	U.S. military troops will begin getting required swine flu shots in the next week to 10 days, a top military commander said Tuesday.
9/30/2009	Daily Gazette, Schenectady	First doses of swine flu vaccine due	New York will get its first doses of swine flu vaccine next week, with many reserved for health care workers, including those opposed to the state's requirement to get vaccinated.
9/29/2009	MSNBC	McTriage: Hospitals use swine flu drive-thrus	Fast-food places have them. Banks and pharmacies do, too. Now hospitals are opening drive-thrus and drive-up tent clinics to screen and treat a swelling tide of swine flu patients.
9/29/2009	The Leader Herald	Local schools could serve as vaccine sites	All school districts in the Hamilton-Fulton-Montgomery Board of Cooperative Educational Services region have signed agreements that would allow them to become swine flu vaccination sites, according to the BOCES superintendent.
9/29/2009	Daily Gazette, Schenectady	Health care workers to protest flu shot order	Health care workers from across New York state plan to rally at the Capitol today in protest of a state mandate that they receive seasonal and swine flu immunizations or risk losing their jobs.
9/28/2009	Los Angeles Daily News	Flu cases rise sharply in September	Since school started this month, hospitals and doctors' offices across the San Fernando Valley and the nation have seen an unseasonal spike in influenza patients - overwhelmingly from swine flu.
9/28/2009	MSNBC	Pregnant women struggle to find flu vaccine	Federal health officials are working hard to raise the number of pregnant women who get a flu shot this year but, repeated swine flu warnings won't automatically overcome a key obstacle: Many obstetricians don't vaccinate.
9/28/2009	NY Times	Flu Officials' Message: Don't Blame Shots for All Ills	Some will die, miscarry or have a stroke after getting the swine flu vaccine, but the shot may not be responsible.
9/26/2009	Democrat and Chronicle	Some area churches are altering rituals for swine flu	Some local worship services are changing rituals involving touch or communion in light of swine flu concerns, while others don't believe change is necessary.
9/25/2009	MSNBC	First swine flu vaccines may arrive by Oct. 5	U.S. health officials say the first swine flu vaccine should be in some doctors' offices as early as Monday, Oct. 5.
9/25/2009	World Health Organization	Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 - update 67	As of 20 September 2009, there have been more than 300,000 laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1, 3917 deaths, in 191 countries and territories reported to WHO.
9/25/2009	Associated Press	School nurse shortage hampers swine flu response	SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- As schools grapple with a resurgence of swine flu, many districts have few or no nurses to prevent or respond to outbreaks, leaving students more vulnerable to a virus that spreads easily in classrooms and takes a heavier toll on children and young adults....
9/25/2009	World Health Organization	Antiviral use and the risk of drug resistance	Growing international experience in the treatment of pandemic H1N1 virus infections underscores the importance of early treatment with the antiviral drugs, oseltamivir or zanamivir. Early treatment is especially important for patients who are at increased risk of developing complications, those who present with severe illness or those with worsening signs and symptoms.[1]
9/23/2009	The Leader Herald	ERs could see surge from flu sufferers	GLOVERSVILLE - Nathan Littauer Hospital has been told to 'prepare for a surge' in emergency room cases if swine flu hits hard, hospital President and Chief Executive Officer Laurence Kelly said Tuesday. Kelly, a member of the Fulton County Economic Development Corp. board, gave an affiliate report to that board at the Crossroads Business Park.
9/23/2009	Glens Falls Post Star	Get your own beer! Swine flu is on campus	It's lurking in that awesome party just off the quad, hiding in the shot glasses passed from person to person and in the make-out sessions in the hallway.
9/21/2009	Fox News	NIH: Kids 10 and Older Will Need Just One H1N1 Shot	Studies of the new swine flu vaccine show children 10 and older will need just one shot for protection against swine flu — but younger kids will need two.
9/21/2009	NY Daily News	Younger children will need two doses of swine flu vaccine	Younger children will need two doses of the new swine flu vaccine, but clinical trials suggest the drug is working well, health officials said Monday.
9/19/2009	Fox News	College Sets Aside Entire Dorm for H1N1 Flu Cases	Paul Smith's College, about 120 miles north of Albany, hasn't had any reported cases of so-called swine flu, but officials say they want to be ready
9/19/2009	Daily Gazette, Schenectady	Mandatory flu shots not welcome	A registered nurse employed by Saratoga Hospital says she feels her rights as a citizen are being violated by a state Health Department mandate that she get flu shots or be fired.
9/18/2009	Glens Falls Post Star	CDC: First swine flu vaccines may be nasal spray	The first doses of swine flu vaccine may all be the nasal spray version, government health officials said Friday.
9/18/2009	Associated Press	WHO: Pandemic flu vaccine production to fall short	GENEVA (AP) -- Global production of swine flu vaccines will be 'substantially less' than the previous maximum forecast of 94 million doses a week, the World Health Organization said Friday....
9/16/2009	MSNBC	Expert: H1N1 death rate similar to seasonal flu	The death rate from the pandemic H1N1 swine flu is likely lower than earlier estimates, an expert in infectious diseases said on Wednesday.
9/16/2009	MSNBC	Upside to swine flu? At least they're over it	For hundreds of thousands of swine flu patients in the U.S. who've endured high fevers, body aches and coughs, if there's any upside to the illness, it's that they likely can't get it again.
9/15/2009	MSNBC	Swine flu deaths show this flu is different	Autopsies on people who have died from the new pandemic H1N1 flu show this virus is different from seasonal influenza, even if it has not yet caused more deaths, experts say.
9/14/2009	Fox News	H1N1 Vaccine: Who Needs It?	Who needs vaccine against regular winter flu, and who should be first in line for the swine flu shot? There's lots of overlap.
9/14/2009	Associated Press	Studies: Swine flu spreads long after fever stops	SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- When the coughing stops is probably a better sign of when a swine flu patient is no longer contagious, experts said after seeing new research that suggests the virus can still spread many days after a fever goes away....
9/14/2009	MSNBC	Feds tell small businesses prepare for swine flu	Federal officials say small business owners should be prepared to operate with fewer employees this fall as swine flu spreads across the country.
9/14/2009	Fox News	New Drug Fights H1N1 Flu as Well as Tamiflu Does, Study Says	Researchers delivered a double dose of good news Sunday in the fight against flu: successful tests of what could become the first new flu medicine in a decade, and the strongest evidence yet that such drugs save lives, not just shorten illness.
9/13/2009	NY Daily News	Sebelius: first round of swine flu vaccine could be ready in early October	The first round of swine flu vaccines could be ready as early as the first week of October, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Sunday.
9/13/2009	Democrat and Chronicle	Children enrolled in comprehensive plans covered for flu vaccinations	Gov. David Paterson announced last week that health insurers must cover seasonal flu and novel H1N1 vaccinations for children age 19 and younger who are enrolled in comprehensive health plans.
9/12/2009	NY Times	Cornell Student, 20, Dies of Swine Flu	About 520 students at the upstate New York campus have reported a flu-like illness, Cornell's president said, but those cases were mild.
9/11/2009	NY Times	Swine Flu Vaccine Will Be Too Late to Prevent Pandemic, Experts Say	Several epidemiologists said that they expected the peak of the season's pandemic to come as early as next month, long before enough vaccine will be ready.
9/11/2009	MSNBC	Flu spreading fast, nearly all swine variety	Health officials say influenza is circulating unusually early this year with cases in every state ' and nearly all the infections are swine flu.
9/11/2009	World Health Organization	Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 - update 65	..., countries in the tropical region of South America (represented by countries such as Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela) are reporting increasing levels of respiratory disease. In the tropical regions of Asia, respiratory disease activity remains geographically regional or widespread but the trend is generally increasing as noted in India, Bangladesh, and Cambodia. In the temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere activity is variable. In the United States, regional increases in influenza activity are being reported, most notably in the south eastern states. ...
9/10/2009	NY Daily News	2,600 suspected cases of swine flu (H1N1) reported at Washington State University	A large outbreak of swine flu is showing no sign of abating at Washington State University.
9/9/2009	MSNBC	Study: Most firms are ill-prepared for H1N1 flu	A Harvard University study has found that many American businesses are unprepared to deal with widespread employee absenteeism during a swine flu outbreak.
9/7/2009	NY Daily News	Swine flu fight: Parents need paid sick days, says hero school nurse	Keeping kids at home from school when they get sick is one of the most important ways to stop the spread of swine flu. But plenty of parents can't skip a day of work to watch their children - and that worries the hero school nurse who first detected the virus in New York.
9/7/2009	Fox News	France Kisses Goodbye to 'La Bise' Amid H1N1 Fears	It's a ubiquitous French tradition, as familiar as a baguette or an espresso at the neighborhood cafe. Now, 'la bise,' the cheek-to-cheek peck that the French use to say hello or goodbye, has come under pressure from a globalized threat: H1N1.
9/6/2009	NY Daily News	Swine flu hitting early & often - U.S. disease doc	The nation's top disease doc said Sunday he's surprised the resurgence of swine flu is starting so early. 'It's very unusual to see it start to increase this rapidly in August and September,' said Thomas Frieden, head of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
9/6/2009	NY Times	2,000 Washington State Students Report Signs of Swine Flu	So far, the cases at the university have been mild, stemming from a late-August outbreak.
9/4/2009	Fox News	WHO: H1N1 Virus Has Not Mutated	H1N1 flu has killed at least 2,837 people but is not causing more severe illness than previously and the virus has not mutated, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.
9/4/2009	NY Times	Report Finds Swine Flu Has Killed 36 Children	Many of the children who died had underlying disorders of the nervous system or other problems, but some had been perfectly healthy.
9/4/2009	World Health Organization	Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 - update 64	... Many countries in the region are reporting increasing or sustained high levels of respiratory disease, and a few (Thailand and Brunei Darussalam) have begun to report a declining trend in the level of respiratory diseases. ... In Japan, influenza activity continues to increase past the seasonal epidemic threshold, indicating an early beginning to the to annual influenza season. In Canada and the United States, influenza activity remain low overall, however regional increases are being detected in the Southeastern United States. ...
9/3/2009	Fox News	iSick: New iPhone App Tracks H1N1 Outbreaks	A new iPhone application called 'Outbreaks Near Me' that allows users to track and report local outbreaks of infectious disease was released Tuesday.
9/2/2009	MSNBC	Swine flu uptick seen as kids go back to school	Swine flu is spreading more quickly in the U.S. Southeast, where schools started back earlier than in other areas after the summer break, a U.S. health official said on Wednesday.
9/1/2009	Glens Falls Post Star	Swine flu: 10 things you need to know	Since it first emerged in April, the global swine flu epidemic has sickened more than 1 million Americans and killed about 500. It's also spread around the world, infecting tens of thousands and killing nearly 2,000.
8/30/2009	MSNBC	Flu season: How many shots?	Doctors don't know yet if it will take one dose or two of vaccine to protect against the new swine flu.
8/31/2009	Troy Record	Area braces for swine flu	If pandemics follow patterns, area health officials are concerned about the upcoming flu season because of the results of an outbreak which happened about
8/28/2009	World Health Organization	Preparing for the second wave: lessons from current outbreaks	Monitoring of outbreaks from different parts of the world provides sufficient information to make some tentative conclusions about how the influenza pandemic might evolve in the coming months.
8/28/2009	World Health Organization	Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 - update 63	In the southern hemisphere, most countries (represented by Chile, Argentina, New Zealand, and Australia) appear to have passed their peak of influenza activity and have either returned to baseline levels or are experiencing focal activity in later affect areas; while a few others (represented by South Africa and Bolivia) continue to experience high levels of influenza activity.
8/27/2009	Associated Press	Swine flu rises at US colleges as students return	ATLANTA (AP) -- Colleges across the country are seeing spikes in the number of students with suspected cases of swine flu as dorms fill up and classes begin for the fall semester....
8/27/2009	Glens Falls Post Star	Swine flu sends more blacks, Hispanics to hospital	Swine flu was four times more likely to send blacks and Hispanics to the hospital than whites, according to a study in Chicago that offers one of the first looks at how the virus has affected different racial groups.
8/25/2009	NY Daily News	Doctor with Obama's ear: Swine flu is real and vaccine is not ready	The New York doctor who has the President's ear on swine flu warned on Wednesday that the threat this fall is real.
8/26/2009	NY Times	Agency Urges Caution on Estimates of Swine Flu	An official at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention backed off the recent grim forecast on swine flu, saying, “We don't necessarily see this as a likely scenario.”
8/26/2009	Glens Falls Post Star	Flu of '57 can teach us lessons for today	In August 1957, the "Asian flu" was exactly where "swine-origin influenza A (H1N1)" is today.
8/25/2009	NY Daily News	In swine flu control, city has closed mind on closing schools	With the opening of school just two weeks away, a group of the nation's leading scientists sounded a frightening alarm this week about the coming second stage of the worldwide swine flu pandemic.
8/24/2009	NY Daily News	Swine flu could kill 90,000 Americans, White House panel warns	Swine flu will charge back with a vengeance this fall and could kill up to 90,000 Americans - most of those kids, a presidential panel warned Monday.
8/24/2009	Fox News	President's Advisors: H1N1 'Serious' Health Threat to U.S.	The H1N1 flu poses a serious health threat to the United States, the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology said in a report released Monday.
8/24/2009	Fox News	What to Expect From H1N1 Vaccine	As millions of H1N1 vaccines undergo testing, officials warn it's not a cure-all
8/22/2009	NY Times	No Side Effects So Far in Trial of Swine Flu Shot	Officials said Friday that nearly 200 million doses of the new swine flu vaccine could be produced by year's end.
8/21/2009	MSNBC	Tokyo churches drain holy water to fight flu	Catholic churchgoers in Tokyo will have to do without holy water for now as the H1N1 influenza outbreak prompts Japanese churches to take steps to prevent the spread of the virus.
8/21/2009	World Health Organization	Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 - update 62 (revised 21 August 2009)	The countries and overseas territories/communities that have newly reported their first pandemic (H1N1) 2009 confirmed case(s) since the last web update (No. 61) as of 13 August 2009 are: Ghana, Zambia, and Tuvalu
8/21/2009	Fox News	WHO Predicts 'Explosion' of H1N1 Flu Cases	The global spread of H1N1 swine flu will endanger more lives as it speeds up in coming months and governments must boost preparations for a swift response, the World Health Organization said Friday.
8/19/2009	MSNBC	Ready for swine flu at work? U.S. says plan now	Government officials are calling on U.S. businesses to help manage swine flu this fall by getting vaccines to vulnerable workers and encouraging employees with symptoms to stay home.
8/19/2009	Fox News	Baseball Team Infected With H1N1	All players and staff of the Nippon Ham Fighters baseball team will be tested for the H1N1 virus after two players and a coach contracted the flu, the Japanese Pacific League team said Wednesday.
8/16/2009	Fox News	Officials Warn of H1N1 Vaccine's Link to Deadly Disease	British health officials have warned doctors of possible similarities between the new H1N1 vaccine and a shot linked to 25 deaths in the U.S. in the 1970s.
8/16/2009	MSNBC	U.S schools gear up for swine flu shots	Hundreds of U.S. schools are heeding the government's call to set up flu-shot clinics this fall, preparing for what could be the most widespread school vaccinations since the days of polio.

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