Sunday, April 26, 2009

Swine Flu Emergency Declared

The U.S. has declared a public health emergency, with 20 cases in five states reported so far. Plus, the country's really in the best of hands:
“U.S. public health officials did not know about a growing outbreak of swine flu in Mexico until nearly a week after that country started invoking protective measures, and didn’t learn that the deaths were caused by a rare strain of the influenza until after Canadian officials did. . . . U.S. public health officials are still largely in the dark about what’s happening in Mexico two weeks after the outbreak was recognized.”


More basic info about swine flu here and here.

Roche says it is ready to deliver 3 million doses of tamiflu to the World Health Organization.

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