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    Swine flu name change? Flu genes spell pig (AP)

    A farmer wash pigs at a pig farm in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Thursday, April 30, 2009.  Indonesia, which was hit hardest by bird flu, said it was banning all pork imports to prevent swine fever infections.  (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)AP - No matter what you call it, leading experts say the virus that is scaring the world is pretty much all pig. So while the U.S. government and now the World Health Organization are taking the swine out of "swine flu," the experts who track the genetic heritage of the virus say this: If it is genetically mostly porcine and its parents are pig viruses, it smells like swine flu to them.


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    Fri, 01 May 2009 01:44:20 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    State labs: US swine flu cases likely higher (AP)

    Microbiologist Gilbert Ortiz, left, handles samples while testing for swine flu along with lead scientist Lupe Garbalena, right, at the Houston Department of Health and Human Services Wednesday, April 29, 2009 in Houston. A Mexico City toddler who traveled to Texas with family to visit relatives is the first confirmed death in the U.S. from swine flu. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)AP - A hundred cases of swine flu in the U.S.? Health officials say there are likely more. Just how many is not important, they say. As the world faces a potential pandemic, swamped labs are not testing all possible cases. Getting an exact tally has taken a back seat to finding new outbreak hot spots or ways to limits its spread, health officials said.


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    Thu, 30 Apr 2009 22:25:30 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Paris Hilton not only one confused about swine flu (AP)
    AP - Paris Hilton says "I don't eat that" when asked about swine flu in an online video. She's not the only one confused about the outbreak. -- read full article
    Fri, 01 May 2009 08:06:06 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Hospitals, doctors deal with swine flu jitters (AP)

    Patients Barbara Solorzano 34, covers the face of her 16-month-old son Luis Albert Diaz, as he coughs while waiting their turn for medical care at the St. John's Well Child and Family Center in Los Angeles Wednesday, April 29, 2009. The St. John's Well Child & Family Center, which oversees clinics that treat Los Angeles' poor and uninsured, doctors have seen a surge in patients complaining about flu-like symptoms. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)AP - Concerns about a possible pandemic have sent people streaming into crowded emergency rooms and walk-in clinics — not with swine flu, but the swine flu jitters.


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    Fri, 01 May 2009 08:18:57 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    AP: Mexico's epidemiology boss faults WHO (AP)

    A doctor wearing protective gear examines a child inside the area set up to treat people suspected of being sick with swine flu at the Naval hospital in Mexico City, Thursday, April 30, 2009. Mexico is telling citizens to stay home, urging businesses to close for five days and suspending government services as the World Health Organization warns the swine flu outbreak is on the brink of becoming a global epidemic.(AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)AP - Mexico's chief epidemiologist said the World Health Organization was slow to respond to its warning about a health crisis that turned into a global swine flu scare and he wants an investigation.


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    Fri, 01 May 2009 07:26:19 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Vaccine promised as swine flu cases pass 100 (AP)

    Boxes of swine flu antiviral is seen stored in a state warehouse near Sacramento, Calif., Thursday, April 30, 2009.  California has built up its own cache of antivirals after the state Legislature directed state public health officials in 2006 to prepare for a potential disease outbreak. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, Pool)AP - U.S. authorities are pledging to eventually produce enough swine flu vaccine for everyone but the shots couldn't begin until fall at the earliest.


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    Fri, 01 May 2009 08:04:42 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Toddler who died of swine flu visited Houston mall (AP)
    AP - A Mexico City toddler who became the first swine-flu death on U.S. soil spent a day with his family shopping at a huge Houston indoor mall the day before he began to show symptoms. -- read full article
    Thu, 30 Apr 2009 17:53:15 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Minorities to Bear Brunt of Rise in U.S. Cancer Cases (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, April 29 (HealthDay News) -- The United States will see a surge in the number of new cancers over the next two decades, driven by an aging population and an increased proportion of minorities, a new report predicts. -- read full article
    Thu, 30 Apr 2009 03:49:28 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Leukemia Risk From MS Drug May Be Up (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - THURSDAY, April 30 (HealthDay News) -- The risk of developing leukemia from a drug used to treat rapidly-progressing multiple sclerosis is three times higher than previously reported, new research shows. -- read full article
    Thu, 30 Apr 2009 18:02:55 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Medicare dialysis pay change seen hitting blacks (Reuters)
    Reuters - Proposed Medicare changes may have a disproportionate impact on black dialysis patients. -- read full article
    Thu, 30 Apr 2009 18:24:47 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Forced abortions shake up China wombs-for-rent industry (Reuters)
    Reuters - With China's rising affluence, increasing numbers of infertile couples have been seeking surrogate mothers to bear them babies. -- read full article
    Thu, 30 Apr 2009 17:38:15 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Clinical Trials Update: April 30, 2009 (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch and ClinicalConnection.com: -- read full article
    Thu, 30 Apr 2009 18:02:59 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Oh, Joe: VP's off-base flu advice needs do-over (AP)

    President Barack Obama, with Vice President Joe Biden, right, addresses the rising concern of 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 added that schools with confirmed cases of swine flu should consider closing.  (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP - Vice President Joe Biden — with a well-deserved reputation as someone who shoots from the lip — made it through the first 100 days of the Obama administration without any major gaffes. But on Day 101 the vice president, well, took a nose dive when it came to the government's talking points on air travel during the swine flu outbreak.


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    Thu, 30 Apr 2009 18:29:02 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    FDA warns of botulism with unapproved use of Botox (AP)
    AP - Health officials warned doctors and patients Thursday about potentially deadly risks of using the anti-wrinkle drug Botox and similar drugs for unapproved uses to treat certain types of muscle spasms. -- read full article
    Thu, 30 Apr 2009 18:01:35 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    WHO to stop using term 'swine flu' to protect pigs (AP)

    A traditional Hungarian 'mangalitsa' pig sticks its snout out of the hurdle at a private pig farm in Tiszaeszlar, 220 km northeast of Budapest, Hungary, Thursday, April 30, 2009. Mangalitsas, also known as curly-hair hogs, are grown especially in Hungary and the Balkans and descend directly from wild boar populations. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)AP - The World Health Organization announced Thursday it will would stop using the term "swine flu" to avoid confusion over the danger posed by pigs. The policy shift came a day after Egypt began slaughtering thousands of pigs in a misguided effort to prevent swine flu.


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    Thu, 30 Apr 2009 18:38:08 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
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