Early Swine Flu Victim's Widow Not Told of Disease
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: April 27, 2009
Filed at 2:24 p.m. ET
Published: April 27, 2009
Filed at 2:24 p.m. ET
XONACATLAN, Mexico (AP) -- The 39-year-old bricklayer fell ill two weeks ago and became one of the first Mexicans to die of swine flu. But no health worker has come to his home outside Mexico City to offer medicine or ask about the neighbors' pigs.
In fact, Gerardo Leyva Lolis' widow says nobody even told her he died of swine flu until The Associated Press informed her the case had been confirmed by the director of the hospital where he was rushed last week.
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Congress to Probe Swine Flu Outbreak
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: April 27, 2009
Published: April 27, 2009
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Congress plans to hold emergency hearings this week on swine flu.
Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, the chairman of an appropriations subcommittee dealing with health issues, called for a hearing Tuesday afternoon to explore the public health response to the outbreak.
Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, the chairman of an appropriations subcommittee dealing with health issues, called for a hearing Tuesday afternoon to explore the public health response to the outbreak.
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US Reaction to Swine Flu More Muted Than Elsewhere
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: April 27, 2009
Filed at 11:57 p.m. ET
Published: April 27, 2009
Filed at 11:57 p.m. ET
EL PASO, Texas (AP) -- U.S. airports and border agents waved people through Monday with little or no additional screening for Mexico's deadly swine flu -- a far more muted reaction than the extreme caution elsewhGere around the world.
The number of confirmed U.S. cases rose to 50, most of them mild and none fatal. The government said it was shipping millions of doses of flu-fighting medicine from a federal stockpile to states along the Mexican border or where the virus has been detected.
But the American reaction to swine flu, which has killed up to 149 people in Mexico and on Monday led the World Health Organization to raise its alert level, was mostly limited to steps that hospitals, schools and mask-wearing individuals took on their own.
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A Timeline of Events in the Swine Flu Outbreak
(Nota completa)
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: April 27, 2009
Filed at 8:51 p.m. ET
Published: April 27, 2009
Filed at 8:51 p.m. ET
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 the swine flu cases in the U.S., Dr. Nancy Cox of the CDC said in an April 23 press briefing.
-- April 2: A 4-year-old boy contracted the virus before this date in Veracruz state, Mexican Health Secretary Jose Angel Cordova later said citing test results. A community in Veracruz has been protesting pollution from a large pig farm.
-- April 6: Local health officials declare a health alert due to a respiratory disease outbreak in the Mexican town of La Gloria in Veracruz state. Health officials record 400 cases of people who sought medical treatment in the previous week in the town. About 60 percent of the town of 3,000 are affected.
-- April 17: CDC determines that two children in adjacent counties in southern California had illnesses caused by infection with swine flu. Both children became sick in late March.
-- April 22: CDC confirms three additional cases of swine flu in California and two in Texas, near San Antonio.
-- April 22: The Oaxaca Health Department indicates that 16 employees at the Hospital Civil Aurelio Valdivieso have contracted respiratory disease.
-- April 24: Mexico's Minister of Health confirms 20 deaths from swine flu, but 40 other fatalities were being probed and at least 943 nationwide were sick from the suspected flu. Mexico City shuts down schools, museums, libraries, and state-run theaters across the capital.
-- April 26: The number of confirmed cases in the U.S. climbs to 20 in five states. Mexico reports suspect clinical cases have been reported in 19 of the country's 32 states. Canada confirms six cases.
-- April 27: The World Health Organization raises its pandemic alert status to Phase 4, meaning there is sustained human-to-human transmission of the virus causing outbreaks in at least one country.
Cordova said 1,995 people have been hospitalized with serious cases of pneumonia since mid-April and about half of those have been released. The government does not yet know how many were swine flu. The CDC reports the suspected death toll in Mexico has climbed to 149.
The number of confirmed cases in the U.S. climbs to 48 in five states.
Spain reports its first confirmed swine flu case.
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Drugmaker Shares Rise on Swine-Flu Outbreak
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: April 27, 2009
Filed at 6:37 p.m. ET
Published: April 27, 2009
Filed at 6:37 p.m. ET
NEW YORK (AP) -- The swine flu outbreak boosted shares of makers of of flu treatments, vaccines and tests Monday.
Though Wall Street remains concerned that swine flu could put a damper on any global economic recovery, several companies could benefit.
Though Wall Street remains concerned that swine flu could put a damper on any global economic recovery, several companies could benefit.
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World Closer to Swine Flu Pandemic
By REUTERS
Published: April 27, 2009
Filed at 11:32 p.m. ET
Published: April 27, 2009
Filed at 11:32 p.m. ET
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A new virus has killed up to 149 people in Mexico and world health experts moved closer on Monday to declaring it the first flu pandemic in 40 years as more people were infected in the United States and Europe.
The World Health Organization raised its pandemic alert for the new flu strain to phase 4, indicating a significantly increased risk of a global outbreak of a serious disease.
The World Health Organization raised its pandemic alert for the new flu strain to phase 4, indicating a significantly increased risk of a global outbreak of a serious disease.
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"Wolverine" Mexico Release Delayed By Swine Flu
By REUTERS
Published: April 27, 2009
Filed at 9:28 p.m. ET
Published: April 27, 2009
Filed at 9:28 p.m. ET
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A mutant superhero is no match for the swine flu that has killed up to 149 people in Mexico.
Hollywood movie studio 20th Century Fox said on Monday it was scrapping plans to release "X-Men Origins: Wolverine," the first big movie of the summer, in Mexico this weekend.
A spokesman for the News Corp-owned studio said the Hugh Jackman action movie would probably be delayed by a couple of weeks.
Hollywood movie studio 20th Century Fox said on Monday it was scrapping plans to release "X-Men Origins: Wolverine," the first big movie of the summer, in Mexico this weekend.
A spokesman for the News Corp-owned studio said the Hugh Jackman action movie would probably be delayed by a couple of weeks.
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HK Scientists Developing Rapid Test for Swine Flu
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: April 27, 2009
Filed at 2:13 p.m. ET
BEIJING (AP) -- Hong Kong said Monday it has assigned a team of scientists to develop a test that will hopefully cut the time it takes to diagnose the new swine flu strain from a few days to a few hours.
Researchers in Hong Kong played a big role in discovering and determining how to treat SARS -- a separate deadly virus that spread rapidly in 2003, killing more than 900 people. The island was the second hardest hit after mainland China.
Published: April 27, 2009
Filed at 2:13 p.m. ET
BEIJING (AP) -- Hong Kong said Monday it has assigned a team of scientists to develop a test that will hopefully cut the time it takes to diagnose the new swine flu strain from a few days to a few hours.
Researchers in Hong Kong played a big role in discovering and determining how to treat SARS -- a separate deadly virus that spread rapidly in 2003, killing more than 900 people. The island was the second hardest hit after mainland China.
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Israeli Official: Swine Flu Name Offensive
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: April 27, 2009
Filed at 10:34 a.m. ET
JERUSALEM (AP) -- The outbreak of swine flu should be renamed ''Mexican'' influenza in deference to Muslim and Jewish sensitivities over pork, said an Israeli health official Monday.
Published: April 27, 2009
Filed at 10:34 a.m. ET
JERUSALEM (AP) -- The outbreak of swine flu should be renamed ''Mexican'' influenza in deference to Muslim and Jewish sensitivities over pork, said an Israeli health official Monday.
Deputy Health Minister Yakov Litzman said the reference to pigs is offensive to both religions and ''we should call this Mexican flu and not swine flu,'' he told a news conference at a hospital in central Israel.
Both Judaism and Islam consider pigs unclean and forbid the eating of pork products.
Scientists are unsure where the new swine flu virus originally emerged, though it was identifed first in the United States. They say there is nothing about the virus that makes it ''Mexican'' and worry such a label would be stigmatizing.
Both Judaism and Islam consider pigs unclean and forbid the eating of pork products.
Scientists are unsure where the new swine flu virus originally emerged, though it was identifed first in the United States. They say there is nothing about the virus that makes it ''Mexican'' and worry such a label would be stigmatizing.
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House Panel to Probe Swine Flu Outbreak
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: April 27, 2009
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: April 27, 2009
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A House committee will hold an emergency hearing this week on increasing cases of swine flu in the United States and other countries.
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White House: Obama Never Endangered by Swine Flu
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: April 27, 2009
Filed at 2:59 p.m. ET
Published: April 27, 2009
Filed at 2:59 p.m. ET
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House says President Barack Obama has shown no symptoms of swine flu and that his health was never in danger when he visited Mexico earlier this month.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/04/27/us/politics/AP-US-Swine-Flu-Obama-Health.html
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/04/27/us/politics/AP-US-Swine-Flu-Obama-Health.html
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WHO Raises Its Pandemic Alert Level on Swine Flu
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: April 27, 2009
Filed at 11:46 p.m. ET
MEXICO CITY (AP) -- The World Health Organization raised its global alert level Monday, signaling the swine flu virus was spreading from human to human in community outbreaks, but it stopped short of declaring a full-blown pandemic.
The WHO announcement in Geneva followed a decision by the top EU health official urging Europeans to postpone nonessential travel to parts of the United States and Mexico because of the virus.
Published: April 27, 2009
Filed at 11:46 p.m. ET
MEXICO CITY (AP) -- The World Health Organization raised its global alert level Monday, signaling the swine flu virus was spreading from human to human in community outbreaks, but it stopped short of declaring a full-blown pandemic.
The WHO announcement in Geneva followed a decision by the top EU health official urging Europeans to postpone nonessential travel to parts of the United States and Mexico because of the virus.
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Swine Flu Epidemic Enters Dangerous New Phase
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: April 27, 2009
Filed at 9:44 p.m. ET
MEXICO CITY (AP) -- The swine flu epidemic entered a dangerous new phase Monday as the death toll climbed in Mexico and the number of suspected cases there and in the United States nearly doubled. The World Health Organization raised its alert level but stopped short of declaring a global emergency.
Published: April 27, 2009
Filed at 9:44 p.m. ET
MEXICO CITY (AP) -- The swine flu epidemic entered a dangerous new phase Monday as the death toll climbed in Mexico and the number of suspected cases there and in the United States nearly doubled. The World Health Organization raised its alert level but stopped short of declaring a global emergency.
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Swine Flu Fears Grip World Markets
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: April 27, 2009
Filed at 8:38 a.m. ET
LONDON (AP) -- Airlines and travel companies led world stock markets lower Monday as investors worried that a deadly outbreak of swine flu in Mexico could go global and derail any global economic recovery, though pharmaceutical companies rallied on expectations that demand for anti-viral drugs may surge to deal with any pandemic.
Investors are fretting that a flu outbreak could set back already-enfeebled global trade and travel, just at a time when policy-makers around the world have begun sounding more optimistic about the global economy's prospects.
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: April 27, 2009
Filed at 8:38 a.m. ET
LONDON (AP) -- Airlines and travel companies led world stock markets lower Monday as investors worried that a deadly outbreak of swine flu in Mexico could go global and derail any global economic recovery, though pharmaceutical companies rallied on expectations that demand for anti-viral drugs may surge to deal with any pandemic.
Investors are fretting that a flu outbreak could set back already-enfeebled global trade and travel, just at a time when policy-makers around the world have begun sounding more optimistic about the global economy's prospects.
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Swine Flu Could Mean New Threat to US Economy
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: April 27, 2009
Filed at 7:31 p.m. ET
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. economy, which was showing tentative early signs of a recovery, faces a potentially grave new threat: swine flu. A widespread outbreak could batter the tourism, food and transportation industries in particular, deepening the recession in the U.S. and possibly worldwide.
With the U.S. and the global economy already fragile, another severe blow could reverse any progress made in easing the recession.
Published: April 27, 2009
Filed at 7:31 p.m. ET
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. economy, which was showing tentative early signs of a recovery, faces a potentially grave new threat: swine flu. A widespread outbreak could batter the tourism, food and transportation industries in particular, deepening the recession in the U.S. and possibly worldwide.
With the U.S. and the global economy already fragile, another severe blow could reverse any progress made in easing the recession.
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Seeing Warning Signs of Outbreak, School Nurse Set Response in Motion
By ANEMONA HARTOCOLLIS
Published: April 26, 2009
It was a routine call last Thursday from a diligent high school nurse that put health detectives in New York City on the trail of a swine flu outbreak. Over the next few days, things unfolded much like a criminal investigation, with alert epidemiologists cast in the role of the police officer who remembers information on a wanted poster.
Published: April 26, 2009
It was a routine call last Thursday from a diligent high school nurse that put health detectives in New York City on the trail of a swine flu outbreak. Over the next few days, things unfolded much like a criminal investigation, with alert epidemiologists cast in the role of the police officer who remembers information on a wanted poster.
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Hong Kong, Minding SARS, Announces Tough Measures in Response to Swine Flu
By KEITH BRADSHER
Published: April 26, 2009
HONG KONG — Hong Kong, the epicenter of a SARS outbreak six years ago, announced some of the toughest measures anywhere on Sunday in response to a swine flu outbreak in Mexico and the United States.
By KEITH BRADSHER
Published: April 26, 2009
HONG KONG — Hong Kong, the epicenter of a SARS outbreak six years ago, announced some of the toughest measures anywhere on Sunday in response to a swine flu outbreak in Mexico and the United States.
Officials urged residents not to travel to Mexico, and they ordered the immediate detention at a hospital of anyone who arrived with a fever and symptoms of a respiratory illness after traveling in the previous seven days through a city with a laboratory-confirmed outbreak.
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Mexico Faces Criticism Over Swine Flu Response
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: April 27, 2009
Filed at 9:33 p.m. ET
MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Two weeks after the first known swine flu death, Mexico still hasn't given medicine to the families of the dead. It hasn't determined where the outbreak began or how it spread. And while the government urges anyone who feels sick to go to hospitals, feverish people complain ambulance workers are scared to pick them up.
Published: April 27, 2009
Filed at 9:33 p.m. ET
MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Two weeks after the first known swine flu death, Mexico still hasn't given medicine to the families of the dead. It hasn't determined where the outbreak began or how it spread. And while the government urges anyone who feels sick to go to hospitals, feverish people complain ambulance workers are scared to pick them up.
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