WHO declares first 21st century flu pandemic on Thursday, June 11, 2009. The first since 1968!

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Friday, May 1, 2009

Swine Flu Pandemic!

We've heard it in the news! Swine flu reportedly killed 160 people and made at least 1,000 ill in Mexico and the US.

According to a report by the Associate Press Writers, "Global health authorities warned on April 29th that swine flu was threatening to bloom into a pandemic, and the virus spread farther in Europe... A toddler who succumbed in Texas became the first death outside Mexico. New cases and deaths finally seemed to be leveling off in Mexico, where 160 people have been killed, after an aggressive public health campaign.

To read more of this news, click here.

Has the virus reached the Philippines yet? That would be a nightmare!

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