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April 26, 2009
SWINE FLU: U.S. GOVERNMENT DECLARES A PUBLIC EMERGENCY
The United States is bracing itself for a swine flu outbreak as the government declares a public emergency. There are twenty (20) confirmed cases of swine flu in five states as of noon today, Sunday, April 26, 2009. Eight of the confirmed cases involved students at a preparatory school in New York. Another seven cases were confirmed in California, two each in Kansas and Texas and one in Ohio, said Dr. Richard Besser, the acting director of the Center for Disease Control (CDC).
Symptoms of swine flu include fever, lethargy, lack of appetite, coughing, runny nose, sore throat, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea according to the CDC.
