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  • Swine flu virus starting to look less threatening

    05/01/2009 2:15:05 PM PDT · by tatown · 229 replies · 7,751+ views
    AP ^ | 5/1/2009 | MIKE STOBBE
    ATLANTA – The swine flu virus that has frightened the world is beginning to look a little less ominous. New York City officials reported Friday that the swine flu still has not spread beyond a few schools. In Mexico, very few relatives of flu victims seem to have caught the virus. One flu expert says there's no reason to believe the new virus is a more serious strain than seasonal flu. And a federal health official said the new flu virus doesn't appear to have genes that made the 1918 pandemic flu strain so deadly. ...
  • U.S. Warns Other Nations Not to Ban Pork

    04/29/2009 2:46:45 AM PDT · by angkor · 17 replies · 698+ views
    Wash Post ^ | Wednesday, April 29, 2009 | Spencer S. Hsu
    U.S. officials said yesterday that they are renaming the swine flu crisis the "2009 H1N1 virus outbreak" and warned other countries not to "ban or prevent" imports of U.S. pork or other products. "This really isn't swine flu. It's H1N1 virus," Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said. "We want to say to consumers here and abroad that there is no risk to you. There is no scientific evidence whatsoever that there is any link between consuming pork, prepared pork products and the H1N1 virus," U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk added. Prices of U.S. pork, corn and soybeans dived Monday after Russia,...