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Health officials say about one-third of the confirmed U.S. cases of swine flu are people who had been to Mexico.
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In this age of global trade and travel, the swine flu outbreak has proven itself a global illness
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A fifth patient has tested positive for HIV, and seven more tested positive for hepatitis after being exposed to contaminated medical equipment at three Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals, the agency said Friday.
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The swine flu virus that has frightened the world is beginning to look a little less ominous. New York City officials reported Friday that the swine flu still has not spread beyond a few schools. In Mexico, very few relatives of flu victims seem to have caught the virus.
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Police arrest a man they say went to people’s homes to perform minor surgeries and prescribe medication, despite having no medical training.
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Concerns about a possible pandemic have sent people streaming into crowded emergency rooms and walk-in clinics — not with the so-called swine flu, but the swine flu jitters.
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A pediatrician who thought she was battling allergies kept treating patients before getting a diagnosis of flu.
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A hundred cases of swine flu in the U.S.? Health officials say there are likely more. Just how many is not important, they say.
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The nation’s first swine flu death is tragic but health experts say not unexpected, and they advise parents to just take ordinary precautions.
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The new swine flu virus lacks genes that made the 1918 pandemic strain so deadly, a U.S. health official said Friday.
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