{"id":7143,"date":"2009-04-24T14:22:28","date_gmt":"2009-04-24T21:22:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalterroralert.com\/?p=7143"},"modified":"2010-08-17T19:46:09","modified_gmt":"2010-08-18T02:46:09","slug":"swine-flu-news-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalterroralert.com\/swine-flu-news-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"Swine Flu News Updates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Swine flu news updates will be posted here continually.\u00a0 Our original post on the swine flu outbreak in Mexico and the US can be read here. <a href=\"https:\/\/nationalterroralert.com\/2009\/04\/24\/swine-flu-probe-widens-as-mexico-finds-lung-illness\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Swine Flu &#8211; Outbreak in Mexico, U.S. Tied To New Unique Strain<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Updates &amp; Additional Swine Flu News Story Links<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sat-Sun May 2nd &#8211; 3rd, 2009<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.alertnet.org\/thenews\/newsdesk\/SP468702.htm\"><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.alertnet.org\/thenews\/newsdesk\/SP468702.htm\">Experts:  Virus may be no more severe than normal flu&#8230;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/s\/ap\/20090503\/ap_on_he_me\/med_swine_flu_people_to_pigs_2\">Goes person-to-pig; Could it jump back?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/apps\/news?pid=newsarchive&amp;sid=apMpdM16ccYA\">Swine May Merge With Other Viruses&#8230;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article\/SB124138858052581321.html\">Reporter Tries to Get Tested&#8230;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Friday May 1st, 2009<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/mobile.reuters.com\/mobile\/m\/FullArticle\/CTOP\/ntopNews_uUSTRE54023M20090501?src=RSS-TOP\" target=\"_blank\">WHO says confirmed swine\u00a0 flu cases total 331, 10 deaths<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wbztv.com\/local\/germany.flight.diverted.2.999173.html\" target=\"_blank\">Woman&#8217;s Flu Symptoms Divert Plane To Logan&#8230;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.sky.com\/skynews\/Home\/World-News\/Swine-Flu-Outbreak-Mexico-Claims-Fewer-New-Cases-As-Workers-Are-Told-To-Stay-At-Home\/Article\/200904415272876?lpos=World_News_News_Your_Way_Region_8&amp;lid=NewsYourWay_ARTICLE_15272876_Swine_Flu_Outbreak%3A_Mexico_Claims_Fewer_New_Cases_As_Workers_Are_Told_To_Stay_At_Home\" target=\"_blank\">Mexico encouraged by fall in new swine flu cases&#8230;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article\/SB124113709907475453.html\">Deadlier Flu Strain Would Overwhelm Systems&#8230;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Thursday April 30th 2009<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--This is where the thumbnails are found for the homepage bottom section - note the custom field name for this image is \"hpbottom\". Recommended image size is 70x70, as the stylesheet is written for this size.--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> <a rel=\"bookmark\" href=\"..\/2009\/04\/30\/swine-flu-mexico-shuts-government-says-pandemic-imminent\/\">Swine Flu &#8211; Mexico Shuts Down Government Says Pandemic Imminent<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Wednesday April 29th 2009<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nationalterroralert.com\/2009\/04\/29\/swine-flu-pandemic-alert-level-raised-to-5\/\">Swine Flu &#8211; Pandemic Alert Level Raised To 5<\/a><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2009\/HEALTH\/04\/29\/swine.flu\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">First swine flu death in U.S. reported<\/a><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Tuesday April 28th 2009<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/first100days\/2009\/04\/28\/california-declares-state-emergency-swine-flu\/\" target=\"_blank\">Calif. Declares State of Emergency Over Swine Flu<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/story\/0,2933,518262,00.html\" target=\"_blank\">Many Hundreds of NYC Students Sick With Suspected Swine Flu<\/a><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Monday April 27th 2009<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nationalterroralert.com\/2009\/04\/27\/swine-flu-who-raises-pandemic-alert-level-to-4\/\">The WHO has raised the pandemic alert level to 4, the highest since the scale was developed in 2005.<\/a><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wral.com\/news\/national_world\/world\/story\/5031897\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mexico&#8217;s government is ordering closed schools nationwide as the suspected death toll from swine flu climbed to 149.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/2009\/04\/27\/begins-passive-screening-swine-flu-borders\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"status-body\"><span class=\"entry-content\">State Department to issue warning urging Americans to avoid all non-essential travel to Mexico<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/newsOne\/idUSTRE53Q0KQ20090427\" target=\"_blank\">World counting down to pandemic, says top virologist<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Sunday April 26th 2009<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nationalterroralert.com\/2009\/04\/27\/mexico-swine-flu-death-toll-rises-to-103\/\">Swine flu death toll rises to 103 in Mexico<\/a><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"planning for potential U.S. school closures\">Plan for potential school closures &#8211; CDC<\/a><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nationalterroralert.com\/2009\/04\/26\/swine-flu-us-declares-public-health-emergency\/\">Swine Flu &#8211; U.S. Declares Public Health Emergency<\/a><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/first100days\/2009\/04\/26\/napolitano-cdc-hold-joint-news-conference-swine-flu\/\">Napolitano, CDC Chief to Hold Joint News Conference on Swine Flu<\/a><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.voxy.co.nz\/national\/auckland-school-group-suspected-having-swine-flu\/5\/12618\" target=\"_blank\">Auckland school group suspected of having swine flu<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Saturday April 25th 2009<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/dmfwn2\" target=\"_blank\">New York officials say Queens students probably have swine flu.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/story\/0,2933,517876,00.html\" target=\"_blank\">Kansas Department of Health and Environment officials will announce two cases of<br \/>\nswine flu in the state this afternoon.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ca.news.yahoo.com\/s\/capress\/090425\/national\/swine_flu_cda_precaution\" target=\"blank\">Report: Two Patients In Isolation In Montreal Hospital After Being In Mexico:<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wcbstv.com\/health\/swine.flu.nyc.2.994071.html\" target=\"_blank\">Possible Swine Flu Outbreak At NYC Prep School..<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Friday April 24th 2009<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.alertnet.org\/thenews\/newsdesk\/N24449988.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: red;\">Most fatal flu victims aged between 25-45&#8230;<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/in.reuters.com\/article\/oilRpt\/idINN2443181920090424\" target=\"_blank\">Swine flu could infect trade and travel&#8230;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.alertnet.org\/thenews\/newsdesk\/N24457671.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Schwarzenegger has &#8216;rigorous&#8217; plan..<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/healthNews\/idUSTRE53N5ZZ20090424?feedType=RSS&amp;feedName=healthNews&amp;rpc=22&amp;sp=true\" target=\"_blank\">WHO ready with antivirals&#8230;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/health\/story\/2009\/04\/23\/respiratory-illness-flu-mexico.html\" target=\"_blank\">The mysterious respiratory illness&#8230;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.alertnet.org\/thenews\/newsdesk\/24443479.htm\"><span style=\"color: red;\">CDC says too late to contain&#8230;<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article\/SB124058255179552887.html\" target=\"_blank\">60 DEAD: Mexico City launches huge vaccination campaign&#8230;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/domesticNews\/idUSTRE53N22820090424?feedType=RSS&amp;feedName=domesticNews&amp;rpc=22&amp;sp=true\" target=\"_blank\">CLOSE TO 1,000 SUSPECTED CASES&#8230;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/apps\/news?pid=20601087&amp;sid=aWVM4e9IDstg&amp;refer=worldwide\" target=\"_blank\">Heighten Risk of Pandemic&#8230;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/s\/ap\/20090424\/ap_on_he_me\/med_swine_flu\" target=\"_blank\">Concerns in California, Texas&#8230;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.alertnet.org\/thenews\/newsdesk\/N24524032.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: red;\">Mutated from pigs, transmitted to humans&#8230;<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.alertnet.org\/thenews\/newsdesk\/N24452859.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Mexico has not suffered serious flu epidemic before&#8230;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>US medical authorities expressed strong concern Friday about an unprecedented multi-strain swine flu outbreak that has killed at least 60 people in Mexico and infected seven people in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s very obvious that we are very concerned. We&#8217;ve stood up emergency operation centers,&#8221; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) spokesman Dave Daigle told AFP.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/article.php?id=CNG.424c5b4c93103272a5d7bbabb402fdea.c1&amp;show_article=1\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Read Full Story<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>CDC says too late to contain U.S. flu outbreak<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Friday it was too late to contain the swine flu outbreak in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>CDC acting director Dr. Richard Besser told reporters in a telephone briefing it was likely too late to try to contain the outbreak, by vaccinating, treating or isolating people.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>3rd Possible Swine Flu Outbreak In Mexico<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mexico has reported a third possible outbreak of swine flu in Mexicali, near the U.S. border, with four suspect cases and no deaths to date, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Friday.<br \/>\n<a href=\" http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/marketsNews\/idUSLO61281820090424\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\" http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/marketsNews\/idUSLO61281820090424\">Read Full Story<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>WHO calls emergency meeting on swine flu<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The World Health Organization said on Friday that it was convening an emergency committee to advise whether outbreaks of swine flu in the United States and Mexico constituted an international public health threat.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;WHO will convene, sometime in the very near future, an emergency committee under the International Health Regulations, which will consider whether or not this event constitutes a public health event of international concern,&#8221; WHO spokesman Gregory Hartl told Reuters in Geneva.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Swine flu news updates will be posted here continually.\u00a0 Our original post on the swine flu outbreak in Mexico and the US can be read here. Swine Flu &#8211; Outbreak in Mexico, U.S. Tied To New Unique Strain Updates &amp; Additional Swine Flu News Story Links Sat-Sun May 2nd &#8211; 3rd, 2009 Experts: Virus may [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":128,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[23],"tags":[7134,7218,1037,487,1565,1437,488,1134,31,1562,486,4556,9589,489,2579,2578,2576,2577,4026,2580],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationalterroralert.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7143"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationalterroralert.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationalterroralert.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalterroralert.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/128"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalterroralert.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7143"}],"version-history":[{"count":53,"href":"https:\/\/nationalterroralert.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7143\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22942,"href":"https:\/\/nationalterroralert.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7143\/revisions\/22942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationalterroralert.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalterroralert.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalterroralert.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}