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Obama: U.S. taking flu outbreak seriously
May 01, 2009Washington, D.C., and more than two dozen states are not adequately prepared if the outbreak of swine flu becomes a full-blown crisis, federal records indicate. But President Obama, after a cabinet meeting Friday, told reporters the government is taking...
Tamiflu called best for swine flu treatment
April 29, 2009The drug Tamiflu, made and marketed by Roche Holding AG of Switzerland, is the best treatment for the new strain of swine flu, a U.S. medical expert says. Dr. James Luby, an infectious disease specialist at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical...
Swine flu concerns close schools
April 29, 2009The number of confirmed U.S. swine flu cases rose to 91, with one death, the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta reported at midday Wednesday. New York City had more than half of the confirmed cases, 51, with Texas's 16 confirmed cases with one death...
Asia-Pacific countries work to control swine flu
April 29, 2009Health officials in Asia-Pacific countries say they're stepping up efforts to confirm the number of cases of swine flu in the region. Officials in New Zealand say they have confirmed three more cases of swine flu to add to the 11 cases previously identified...
