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Mexican citizens to return from China
Amid the global swine flu outbreak, an airplane is headed to China to pick up dozens of Mexican citizens who want to return home after being held by Chinese officials for "health reasons," Mexico’s Foreign Ministry announced Monday.
China and Swine Flu: Are Mexicans Being Singled Out?
As swine flu spreads around the world, China has acted with an aggressiveness that can only come from unpleasant firsthand experience with epidemics. Official cover-ups allowed SARS to spread in 2002 and 2003, eventually killing 349 on the mainland and leading to the sacking of both the Health Minister and the mayor of Beijing. In recent years, the country has waged a steady battle against avian influenza, which has killed two dozen people in China and prompted fears that it could mutate into a deadlier plague
U.N. wary of second wave of swine flu
A shutdown of public venues in Mexico City is likely to be lifted by Wednesday, despite caution by U.N. health officials that a second wave of the swine flu virus could "strike with a vengeance." By early Monday, the number of cases worldwide stood at 985, with 26 deaths. Twenty-five deaths were reported in Mexico — the epicenter of the outbreak with 590 cases.
In Texas, Parents Worry Over Swine Flu, Fight Cabin Fever
The first concern for Fort Worth’s parents is the health of their children.
Hysteria over swine flu is the real danger, some say
As the number of swine flu cases rises around the world, so is a gradual backlash — with some saying the threat the virus poses is overblown. By Sunday, 787 cases of the virus, known as influenza A (H1N1), had been confirmed in 17 countries, the World Health Organization said. The number of fatalities grew to 20
Canada: Farmer possibly gave swine flu to pigs
More than a week after the swine flu outbreak rattled the world, with cases of infected people popping up from Mexico to South Korea, the new virus strain has shown up in a herd of swine. The catch, Canadian officials say, is that the animals may have caught the flu from a human. Canadian officials are quarantining pigs that tested positive for the virus — scientifically known as 2009 H1N1 — at an Alberta farm in what could be the first identified case of pigs infected during the recent outbreak
‘Walking well’ flood hospitals with — or without — flu symptoms
A runny nose.
Saudi crown prince’s illness raises questions
Saudi Arabia’s crown prince was convalescing Saturday in Morocco where he arrived this week after surgery in New York City, the state-run Saudi Press Agency said.
Living With Swine Flu: Mexico City Under the Cloud
It’s hard to read Reyna Hernandez’s distress behind her blue surgical mask. But you can hear it. “This is a very difficult time especially for our children,” the Mexico City housewife says as she waits outside the National Institute for Respiratory Diseases on the metropolis’ south side