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Friday, April 24, 2009
Mexican Swine Flue
60 Dead From Mexican Swine Flue, Fear of Global Epidemic
Mexican authorities said 60 people may have died from a swine flu virus in Mexico, and world health officials worry it could unleash a global flu epidemic. Mexico City closed schools across the metropolis Friday in hopes of containing the outbreak that has sickened more than 900.
Scientists were trying to determine if the deaths involved the same new strain of swine flu that sickened seven people in Texas and California — a disturbing virus that combines genetic material from pigs, birds and humans in a way researchers have not seen before.
The World Health Organization was looking closely at the 60 deaths — most of them in or near Mexico’s capital. It wasn’t yet clear what flu they died from, but spokesman Thomas Abraham said “We are very, very concerned.”
“We have what appears to be a novel virus and it has spread from human to human,” he said. “It’s all hands on deck at the moment.”
WHO raised its internal alert system Friday, preparing to divert more money and personnel to dealing with the outbreak.
President Felipe Calderon cancelled a trip and met with his Cabinet to coordinate Mexico’s response. The government has 500,000 flu vaccines and planned to administer them to health workers, the highest risk group.
There are no vaccines available for the general public in Mexico, and authorities urged people to avoid hospitals unless they had a medical emergency, since hospitals are centers of infection.
They also said Mexicans should refrain from customary greetings such as shaking hands or kissing cheeks, and authorities at Mexico City’s international airport were questioning passengers to try to prevent anybody with possible influenza from boarding airplanes and spreading the disease.
But the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Americans need not avoid traveling to Mexico, as long as they take the usual precautions, such as frequent handwashing.
Mexico’s Health Secretary, Jose Cordova, said only 16 of the deaths have been confirmed as the new swine flu strain, and that government laboratories were testing samples from 44 other people who died. At least 943 nationwide were sick from the suspected flu, the health department said.
“We certainly have 60 deaths that we can’t be sure are from the same virus, but it is probable,” Cordova said, adding that samples were sent to the CDC to look for matches with the virus that infected seven people in Texas and California.
Cordova called it a “new, different strain … that originally came from pigs.”
Mexican authorities said 60 people may have died from a swine flu virus in Mexico, and world health officials worry it could unleash a global flu epidemic. Mexico City closed schools across the metropolis Friday in hopes of containing the outbreak that has sickened more than 900.
Scientists were trying to determine if the deaths involved the same new strain of swine flu that sickened seven people in Texas and California — a disturbing virus that combines genetic material from pigs, birds and humans in a way researchers have not seen before.
The World Health Organization was looking closely at the 60 deaths — most of them in or near Mexico’s capital. It wasn’t yet clear what flu they died from, but spokesman Thomas Abraham said “We are very, very concerned.”
“We have what appears to be a novel virus and it has spread from human to human,” he said. “It’s all hands on deck at the moment.”
WHO raised its internal alert system Friday, preparing to divert more money and personnel to dealing with the outbreak.
President Felipe Calderon cancelled a trip and met with his Cabinet to coordinate Mexico’s response. The government has 500,000 flu vaccines and planned to administer them to health workers, the highest risk group.
There are no vaccines available for the general public in Mexico, and authorities urged people to avoid hospitals unless they had a medical emergency, since hospitals are centers of infection.
They also said Mexicans should refrain from customary greetings such as shaking hands or kissing cheeks, and authorities at Mexico City’s international airport were questioning passengers to try to prevent anybody with possible influenza from boarding airplanes and spreading the disease.
But the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Americans need not avoid traveling to Mexico, as long as they take the usual precautions, such as frequent handwashing.
Mexico’s Health Secretary, Jose Cordova, said only 16 of the deaths have been confirmed as the new swine flu strain, and that government laboratories were testing samples from 44 other people who died. At least 943 nationwide were sick from the suspected flu, the health department said.
“We certainly have 60 deaths that we can’t be sure are from the same virus, but it is probable,” Cordova said, adding that samples were sent to the CDC to look for matches with the virus that infected seven people in Texas and California.
Cordova called it a “new, different strain … that originally came from pigs.”
Thursday, April 23, 2009
What will be the topics on Blogging With Princess Jas?
I was thinking about what my blog would be about. I wanted to attract different types of people to this blog. I want to be able to talk about music, business, family, fitness, entertainment, movies, social websites, new gadgets, relationships, etc etc. I want this blog to be a site where I can voice facts and opinions and get others opinions as well. Each day or every other day, there will be a different topic posted, or just something that I feel like people should see.
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My 1st Day
Well, it's about 5:30 am and I just decided to create this blog. For one is because I love to write, my second reason is because I've been researching home based businesses for months. I'm a pretty clever person when it comes to researching about these types of things. To make a long story short, i came across one that i believe is perfect and legit. It's called Google Adsense. I know, I know, you're probably thinking SCAM all over it just because of what you've read or seen online already. I havent tried it yet but I've up all night reading the things from the website and I can honestly say that Google Adsense is like no other. Like all the other "scamming" websites, I read that it wasn't any money invested, and you sign up for free, there was plenty of information to read in details about everything, it wasn't overwhemling information either! Sounds good so far, but the journey hasn't began yet. Go ahead and check it out for yourself https://www.google.com/adsense/login/en_US/
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