Swine Flu 2009

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27395700823792448462011-04-21T17:31:57.458-05:00Swine Flu 2009We cover all swine flu news as it breaks. The central feature of our site is the swine flu map, which is constantly updated with confirmed and suspected cases and links to supporting articles. Please bookmark us and check back frequently.Swine Flu 2009http://www.blogger.com/profile/16045715577331611968noreply@blogger.comBlogger171100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2739570082379244846.post-55809537677342250912009-05-03T00:04:00.001-05:002009-05-03T00:06:24.519-05:00todb, please contact me.

Hi, todb. You've given me many good suggestions about the blog and map. Please contact me at swineflumap@gmail.com. As soon as you email me, please post a comment here so I am sure to check my email.I'd like to discuss something with you about the blog and map.Thanks,swineflunews2009

Swine Flu 2009http://www.blogger.com/profile/16045715577331611968noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2739570082379244846.post-26849751478836631032009-04-30T15:40:00.001-05:002009-04-30T15:42:55.286-05:00Swine Flu Map - All Currently Suspected and Confirmed Cases

UPDATE: New Cases confirmed inLaGrange, Georgia; Douglas County, Colorado; Arapahoe County, Colorado; two in Michigan; ten cases in South Carolina; 4 cases at University of Delaware; Corpus Christi, TX; 5 cases in New Jersey; Rotterdam Netherlands. UPDATE: Flu spreads. Suspected and confirmed cases in Nashville TN, Lafayette and New Orleans LA, Platte County MO, Washington State, Oregon, London

Swine Flu 2009http://www.blogger.com/profile/16045715577331611968noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2739570082379244846.post-80380026834743754522009-04-30T15:35:00.001-05:002009-04-30T15:37:26.674-05:00White House issues advisory after Obama Mexico trip after member of delegation fell ill

The White House is issuing a health advisory outlining "protective measures" for anyone who traveled on President Barack Obama's trip to Mexico, after a member of the U.S. delegation came down with flu-like symptoms - and tests on his family showed they're probably infected with the swine flu. The individual - an advance security staffer for Energy Secretary Steven Chu -appears to have

Swine Flu 2009http://www.blogger.com/profile/16045715577331611968noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2739570082379244846.post-36531079547328999432009-04-30T15:11:00.000-05:002009-04-30T15:12:37.483-05:00Smithfield CEO sends letter to employees.

C. Larry Pope, president and chief executive officer of Smithfield Foods Inc., sent the following letter to all employees:To Our Employees: Like you, I have been closely monitoring all aspects of the H1N1 influenza outbreak (this is the official name of the mis-named but widely quoted "swine flu" since it has been determined by health officials throughout the world that the illness is a mutation

Swine Flu 2009http://www.blogger.com/profile/16045715577331611968noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2739570082379244846.post-12386354540578285842009-04-30T13:33:00.002-05:002009-04-30T13:44:05.150-05:00WHO wants us to call it 'influenza A (H1N1)'; We're gonna continue to call it "Swine Flu"

GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organisation (WHO), bowing to pressure from meat industry producers and concerned governments, said on Thursday it would refer to a deadly new virus strain as influenza A (H1N1) not swine flu."From today, WHO will refer to the new influenza virus as 'influenza A (H1N1)'," it said in a brief announcement posted on its www.who.int/en/ website.The new strain has

Swine Flu 2009http://www.blogger.com/profile/16045715577331611968noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2739570082379244846.post-71129107810999385492009-04-29T22:06:00.003-05:002009-04-29T22:08:57.914-05:00Developments on Swine Flu Worldwide - 2300 PM Eastern

Key developments on swine flu outbreaks, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, World Health Organization, and government officials:_Deaths: 168 in Mexico, eight confirmed as swine flu and rest suspected. One confirmed in U.S., a 23-month-old boy from Mexico who died in Texas._Sickened: 2,498 suspected and 91 confirmed in Mexico. Confirmed elsewhere: at least 93 in U.S.; 19 in

Swine Flu 2009http://www.blogger.com/profile/16045715577331611968noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2739570082379244846.post-46203179695187911672009-04-29T19:00:00.006-05:002009-04-29T19:34:16.316-05:00Live blogging the Presidential Press Conference - Obama will do "whatever it takes" to fight flu.

We'll be live blogging the presidential press conference tonight, as Barack Obama marks his 100th day in office.Obama: We are closely monitoring the H1N1 Flu Virus throughout the US. Any schools where the virus is suspected should strongly consider closing, parents should make contingency plans. Asking for funding to put antivirals where they need to be to fight flu. If you are sick, stay

Swine Flu 2009http://www.blogger.com/profile/16045715577331611968noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2739570082379244846.post-29630946438006727902009-04-29T18:26:00.002-05:002009-04-29T18:28:56.008-05:00Egypt Government Orders Slaughter of all Pigs

Egyptian farmers block the street to prevent vehicles of the Egyptian Health Ministry workers who came to slaughter the Swine, forcing them to leave without carrying out the government order to cull the animals at the site of one large pig farming center north of Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday April 29, 2009. Egyptian authorities began slaughtering the roughly 300,000 pigs in the country Wednesday as a

Swine Flu 2009http://www.blogger.com/profile/16045715577331611968noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2739570082379244846.post-38476919985674290232009-04-29T02:23:00.006-05:002009-04-29T16:49:08.926-05:00World Health Organization Pandemic Phases Chart - WHO raises to LEVEL 5

After a Mexican toddler died from Swine Flu in Houston today, the WHO raised the Pandemic Level to 5.The World Health Organization raised the alert level of the fast-spreading swine flu virus on Wednesday afternoon, indicating that a “pandemic is imminent,” on the day that a Mexican toddler who had been hospitalized in Houston became the first person to die from the disease on United States

Swine Flu 2009http://www.blogger.com/profile/16045715577331611968noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2739570082379244846.post-84237337446980400062009-04-28T19:11:00.004-05:002009-04-28T19:13:10.026-05:00UPDATE: Los Angeles Coroner Doubts 2 Deaths Related to Swine Flu

The Los Angeles County coroner's office said today that further testing indicated neither of two flu-related deaths being investigated in Los Angeles County appeared to be linked to the swine flu. Coroner's officials this morning said they suspected the deaths in Long Beach and La Mirada might be tied to the swine flu. But officials said the Long Beach man was not suspected of having the swine

Swine Flu 2009http://www.blogger.com/profile/16045715577331611968noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2739570082379244846.post-6246425027107646532009-04-28T17:03:00.003-05:002009-04-28T18:12:57.500-05:00World Health Organization to raise pandemic level to 5

GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization said on Tuesday it awaited formal confirmation from U.S. authorities that the new swine flu virus has spread significantly between people, a sign that could indicate an "imminent" influenza pandemic. Confirmation that infected people in two countries are spreading the new disease to their families or contacts in a sustained way would meet the

Swine Flu 2009http://www.blogger.com/profile/16045715577331611968noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2739570082379244846.post-3456646836368031102009-04-28T16:04:00.005-05:002009-04-28T16:38:17.645-05:00The Daily WTF 4.28.2009

Every day, we'll do a WTF post highlighting the most asinine comments of the day as they're related to Swine Flu.WTF #1 - Swine Flu should be renamed:"In the public, we've been seeing a fair amount of misconception," CDC acting director Richard Besser said, stressing that pigs were the origin of only one component of the flu strain now afflicting people worldwide."That's not helpful to pork

Swine Flu 2009http://www.blogger.com/profile/16045715577331611968noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2739570082379244846.post-48810454522527878702009-04-28T15:38:00.001-05:002009-04-28T15:43:00.431-05:00NYC Officials: "Many Hundreds" Children may have Swine Flu

"Many hundreds" of New York City schoolchildren are sick with suspected swine flu, the city's health commissioner said Tuesday, including a dozen students at a school for autistic children in Queens.A 2-year-old boy in the Bronx and a Brooklyn woman have also been hospitalized with the suspected virus, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said.School staff at PS 177 in Fresh

Swine Flu 2009http://www.blogger.com/profile/16045715577331611968noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2739570082379244846.post-83791695544954306302009-04-28T13:36:00.002-05:002009-04-28T14:04:01.765-05:00BREAKING! First Swine Flu Deaths in US? Los Angeles County

The Los Angeles County coroner's office is investigating two recent deaths that officials say could be related to the recent global swine flu outbreak. However, no tests have come back positive for the swine flu, and medical examiners have not officially determined what caused the deaths.[Updated at 9:30 a.m.: Coroner's spokesman Craig Harvey said his office would collect specimens from the

Swine Flu 2009http://www.blogger.com/profile/16045715577331611968noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2739570082379244846.post-69308434856167661592009-04-28T07:29:00.002-05:002009-04-28T12:04:32.256-05:00Swine Flu Timeline

A timeline of events in the swine flu outbreak:- December 2005 to January 2009: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention receives reports of 12 cases of human infection with swine flu. Five of these 12 cases occurred in patients who had direct exposure to pigs and six reported being near pigs. Exposure in one case is unknown.- March 28: Believed to be the date of the earliest onset of

Swine Flu 2009http://www.blogger.com/profile/16045715577331611968noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2739570082379244846.post-6091333158589109872009-04-28T07:12:00.002-05:002009-04-28T07:18:07.490-05:00Swine Flu is in Cancun - More Travel Advisories Expected

Two Dickinson Count, Kansas, residents have been confirmed as suffering from swine flu –- known as swine influenza A.County administration director Brad Homman said a man and a women who live in rural Dickinson County, became sick after the man traveled to Cancun, Mexico for a business trip earlier this month.Homman said the man began feeling sick on April 16, the day he took a flight home from

Swine Flu 2009http://www.blogger.com/profile/16045715577331611968noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2739570082379244846.post-80283769503448366032009-04-28T03:17:00.000-05:002009-04-28T06:21:27.919-05:00Swine Flu Ground Zero - First Case a 4 Year Old Boy in Veracruz, Mexico

Reporting from Mexico City -- With the death toll climbing, Mexican authorities at the center of an international swine flu epidemic struggled Monday to piece together its lethal march, with attention focusing on a 4-year-old boy and a pig farm.The boy, who survived the illness, has emerged as Mexico's earliest known case of the never-before-seen virus, Health Secretary Jose Angel Cordova said

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