Influenza. Notas publicadas el 29 de abril de 2009 en el portal de The New York Times.

Pentagon Confirms Marine Is Ill With Swine Flu
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: April 29, 2009
Filed at 4:14 p.m. ET
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Pentagon said Wednesday a Marine based in Southern California has been confirmed to be ill with swine flu and is under quarantine, along with about 30 other Marines.
A Marine spokesman at the Pentagon, Maj. David Nevers, said the sick Marine was doing well and his condition continued to improve. Nevers said approximately 30 other Marines who had been in contact with the sick Marine at the Twentynine Palms base will be held in quarantine for five days as well as to see whether they show symptoms.
Continúa: http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/04/29/health/AP-US-Marines-Swine-Flu.html

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Mexico City Shuts Down Taco Stands Amid Swine Flu
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: April 29, 2009
Filed at 11:49 p.m. ET
MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Tacos filled with pork, sizzling gorditas, juicy carnitas covered with salsa and gobbled down at sidewalk carts while pedestrians brush past -- this is Mexico's version of a fast-food joint, but it is now in peril because of the swine flu epidemic.
With Mexico City authorities urging residents to dine at home to prevent the spread of the deadly virus, vendors at the tens of thousands of taco carts that line the streets of this overcrowded capital have seen business plunge. It hasn't helped that many people mistakenly believe you can contract the flu by eating pork.
Continúa: http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/04/29/world/AP-LT-Swine-Flu-Taco-Terror.html

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World Takes Drastic Steps to Contain Swine Flu
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: April 29, 2009
Filed at 11:54 p.m. ET
From Egypt's order that all 300,000 pigs in the country be slaughtered to travel bans and putting the kibosh on kissing, the world is taking drastic -- and some say debatable -- measures to combat swine flu.
Egypt ordered the pig slaughter even though there hasn't been a single case of swine flu there and no evidence that pigs have spread the disease. Britain, with only five cases, is trying to buy 32 million masks. And in the United States, President Barack Obama said more of the country's 132,000 schools may have to be shuttered.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/04/29/world/AP-EU-Swine-Flu-Drastic-Measures.html?pagewanted=1

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WHO Says Swine Flu Pandemic Is Imminent
MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Global health authorities warned Wednesday that swine flu was threatening to bloom into a pandemic, and the virus spread farther in Europe even as the outbreak appeared to stabilize at its epicenter. A toddler who succumbed in Texas became the first death outside Mexico.
Mexico, taking a drastic step as confirmed swine flu cases doubled to 99, including eight dead, announced it would temporarily suspend all nonessential activity of the federal government and private business from May 1-5. Essential services like transport, supermarkets, trash collection and hospitals will remain open.
Continúa: http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/04/29/world/AP-MED-Swine-Flu.html
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Obama Vows Great 'Vigilance' as Swine Flu Spreads
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: April 29, 2009
Filed at 11:21 p.m. ET
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama pledged ''great vigilance'' in confronting the swine flu outbreak Wednesday night as it spread coast to coast across the U.S. The outbreak hit 11 states and closed schools amid confirmation of the first U.S. death -- a Mexican toddler who visited Texas with his family -- and the confinement of dozens of Marines after one came down with the disease in California.
Some 100 schools were closed, and more might need to be shut down temporarily, Obama said, declaring, ''This is obviously a very serious situation.'' The total confirmed cases in the U.S. rose to nearly 100, with many more suspected.
Continúa: http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/04/29/us/politics/AP-MED-Swine-Flu-US.html

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School Nurse’s Response to Flu Wins Applause
By ANEMONA HARTOCOLLIS
Published: April 28, 2009
Too often school nurses are all but forgotten in the education wars over test scores, standardization and vouchers. Across the country, from Atlanta to New York City, amid budget cuts and economic turmoil, advocates say, the jobs of school nurses are increasingly at risk.
Now nurses are crowing over the role of one of their own, Mary Pappas, in uncovering the first swine flu cluster in New York State. Through her quick thinking, she might have lifted the status and perhaps even saved the jobs of thousands of nurses.
Continúa: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/29/nyregion/29nurse.html

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