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    Obama: Schools with infections may have to close (AP)

    President Barack Obama addresses the rising concern over Swine Flu, at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, April 29, 2009. 'This is obviously a serious situation' and 'we are closely and continuously monitoring' it, Obama said. He also said that schools with confirmed cases of swine flu should consider closing.  (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP - President Barack Obama on Wednesday urged parents to prepare for the possibility that their children's schools could be closed temporarily if swine flu cases spread to them.


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    Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:19:56 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Egypt orders slaughter of all pigs over swine flu (AP)

    An Egyptian Health worker sprays chemicals to disinfect a local pig farm in Cairo, Egypt,  Monday, April 27, 2009. Egyptian health authorities are examining about 350,000 pigs being raised in Cairo and other provinces for swine flu. (AP Photo/Mohammed Ahmed)AP - Egypt began slaughtering the roughly 300,000 pigs in the country Wednesday as a precautionary measure against the spread of swine flu even though no cases have been reported here yet, the Health Ministry said.


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    Wed, 29 Apr 2009 13:18:13 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    WHO says swine flu moving closer to pandemic (AP)

    A passenger from Mexico City wears a face mask as she waits for a relative outside Barajas Airport in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, April 29, 2009. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)AP - The World Health Organization warned Wednesday that the swine flu outbreak is moving closer to becoming a pandemic, as the United States reported the first swine flu death outside of Mexico, and Germany and Austria became the latest European nations hit by the disease.


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    Wed, 29 Apr 2009 17:53:40 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Swine flu spreads in 10 US states, Europe (AP)

    A boy is checked by a doctor at the emergency area where people with swine flu-like symptoms are checked at the Naval hospital in Mexico City Wednesday April 29, 2009.(AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)AP - Virulent swine flu spread to 10 U.S. states from coast to coast Wednesday and swept deeper into Europe, extending its global reach as President Barack Obama mourned the first U.S. death, a Mexican toddler who had traveled with his family to Texas. Total American cases surged to nearly 100, and Obama said wider school closings might be necessary.


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    Wed, 29 Apr 2009 16:49:41 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Survival extended by Dendreon cancer vaccine (Reuters)
    Reuters - An experimental cancer vaccine developed by Dendreon Corp improved three-year survival of patients with advanced prostate cancer by 38 percent compared with a placebo, according to data from a closely watched study unveiled on Tuesday. -- read full article
    Tue, 28 Apr 2009 21:50:06 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Acrylamide Doesn't Raise Lung Cancer Risk (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - TUESDAY, April 28 (HealthDay News) -- Acrylamide, a food byproduct that some research has linked to certain cancers, doesn't raise the risk of lung cancer in men and may even offer slight protection for women, new research suggests. -- read full article
    Wed, 29 Apr 2009 03:49:22 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Diluted bleach baths help kids with eczema (Reuters)
    Reuters - New research shows that a regimen of dilute bleach baths and antibiotic nasal ointment can improve symptoms in children with eczema, a common, often itchy, skin condition that can become infected with skin microbes. -- read full article
    Tue, 28 Apr 2009 20:52:34 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Clinical Trials Update: April 28, 2009 (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch and ClinicalConnection.com: -- read full article
    Wed, 29 Apr 2009 03:49:33 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Relief of postpartum depression helps sex life (Reuters)
    Reuters - Women who suffer from depression after giving birth can often be helped with antidepressants, and when treatment is successful it usually improves sexual problems. -- read full article
    Tue, 28 Apr 2009 19:25:09 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Prostate cancer vaccine extends survival in study (AP)
    AP - An experimental treatment added four months to the lives of men with advanced prostate cancer in a study that tested an entirely new approach to fighting the disease, doctors reported Tuesday. -- read full article
    Tue, 28 Apr 2009 19:53:15 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    US wants ingredient in swine flu vaccine by May (AP)

    This 2009 image taken through a microscope and provided by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, shows a negative-stained image of the swine flu virus. The swine flu epidemic crossed new borders Tuesday with the first cases confirmed in the Middle East and the Asia-Pacific region, as world health officials said they suspect American patients may have transmitted the virus to others in the U.S. (AP Photo/Center for Disease Control and Prevention, C. S. Goldsmith and A. Balish)AP - U.S. scientists hope to have a key ingredient for a swine flu vaccine ready in early May, but are finding that the novel virus grows slowly in eggs — the chief way flu vaccines are made.


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    Tue, 28 Apr 2009 20:53:51 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Mexicans put faith in masks — but do they work? (AP)

    A waiter wearing a protective mask stands next to a sign that reads in Spanish 'Due to an order from the Health Secretary, our service from now on, and until further notice, will be only takeout' at a restaurant in Coyoacan neighborhood, in Mexico City, Tuesday, April 28, 2009. Mexico ordered restaurants to limit service to takeout on Tuesday and closed pool halls and gyms, as swine flu crossed new borders overseas and in the United States. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)AP - The cloth patches in green, blue and white are everywhere, clamped tight over the mouth and nose of teachers, toddlers, policemen and drunks. Even the statue at the church of St. Jude, patron of lost causes, has been fitted with a light-blue surgical mask to ward off swine flu. But do they work?


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    Wed, 29 Apr 2009 03:46:30 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Ministry: Swine flu case confirmed in Germany (AP)

    Airport staff wear medical masks at Taoyuan International Airport, northern Taiwan, April 29, 2009. Germany confirmed its first case of swine flu on Wednesday, the eighth country where the virus has been found, but reported deaths remained confined to Mexico nearly a week after the threat of a pandemic emerged. REUTERS/Nicky LohAP - Germany has confirmed its first case of swine flu, becoming the third European country where the disease has surfaced, Bavaria's health ministry said Wednesday.


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    Wed, 29 Apr 2009 09:03:39 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Officials trying to reduce impact of swine flu (AP)

    A woman with her children speaks to a Navy sailor dressed in full body protective gear who guards the entrance to the are where patients with flu-like symptoms are treated at the Naval hospital in Mexico City, Tuesday, April 28, 2009.  World health officials raised a global alert to an unprecedented level as the swine flu was blamed for more deaths in Mexico and the epidemic crossed new borders, with the first cases confirmed Tuesday in the Middle East and the Asia-Pacific region.(AP Photo/Jose Manuel Jimenez)AP - With global anxiety spreading even faster than the new swine flu — and a vaccine still months away — health authorities are struggling to reduce the impact of an outbreak that can't be contained by simply shutting borders.


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    Wed, 29 Apr 2009 07:21:08 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    In U.S., there's anxiety over swine flu but no panic (Reuters)
    Reuters - Americans are expressing anxiety about swine flu but there are few signs of panic, although sales of flu medication and items like protective face masks are up in some places where cases have been confirmed. -- read full article
    Tue, 28 Apr 2009 18:55:59 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
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