Return of swine flu: What's ahead for Americans?

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Published Aug. 30, 2009 at 1:15 p.m.
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WASHINGTON — The alarm sounded with two sneezy children in California in April. Just five months later, the never-before-seen swine flu has become the world's dominant strain of influenza, and it's putting a shockingly younger face on flu ... So get ready. With flu's favorite chilly weather fast approaching, we're going to be a sick nation this fall. The big unknown is how sick. One in five people infected or a worst case – half the population? The usual 36,000 deaths from flu or tens of

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U.S. Sets Aside $1 Billion For Swine Flu Vaccine

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Published May 22, 2009 at 6:25 p.m.
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WASHINGTON — Inching closer to a swine flu vaccine, the government is beginning to analyze two candidates for the key ingredient to brew one ... The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention hopes to deliver one or both to vaccine manufacturers by the end of next week so scientists can begin the months-long process of producing shots ... Friday, the government set aside $1 billion for crucial testing of the first pilot doses and stockpiling of key vaccine ingredients _ in case world health

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Swine Flu vs. Bird Flu: An Equal Threat?

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Published May 15, 2009 at 11:27 p.m.
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New research hints at why swine flu overshadows bird flu in pandemic potential ...

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Expert Warns Of Swine Flu-Bird Flu Mix

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Published May 8, 2009 at 6:30 p.m.
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Bird flu kills more than 60 percent of its human victims, but doesn't easily pass from person to person. Swine flu can be easily spread, but kills only a small fraction of those it infects. So what happens if the two viruses mix? ...

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Swine Flu: Illinois Has 3 Confirmed Cases, Over 50 Probable

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Published May 1, 2009 at 8:56 p.m.
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CHICAGO (AP) -- Illinois joined the grim and growing list of states with confirmed swine flu cases, handed out stockpiled drugs and switched to a less aggressive testing standard while businesses ramped up for the possibility of employees working from home ... As the number of confirmed and probable cases in Illinois climbed to 54, the state's top doctor said Friday future testing for swine flu would focus on hospitalized patients with severe illness ... "That will make sure that we don't

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Swine flu's next move impossible to predict

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Published April 27, 2009 at 2:00 a.m.
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Scientists have yet to figure out how this strain of the influenza virus spreads, or what makes it lethal. It could continue spreading or fizzle out, they say ... Sometime in the last few years, as the world's attention was focused on the bird flu that killed more than 250 people in Asia, another bird flu strain infected pigs ...

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   According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in humans the symptoms of H1N1 swine flu are similar to those of influenza and of influenza-like illness in general. Symptoms include fever, cough, sore throat, body aches, headache, chills and fatigue. The 2009 outbreak has shown an increased percentage of patients reporting diarrhea and vomiting.

   Recommendations to prevent the spread of the virus among humans include using standard infection control against influenza. This includes frequent washing of hands with soap and water or with alcohol-based hand sanitizers, especially after being out in public.