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Natural Disasters News Archives

Natural Disasters News Archives for April 2009

Apr 30, 2009 | Reuters

Disney World still draws crowds despite flu alert

Mickey Mouse, Pluto, the Fairy Godmother and other Walt Disney favorites were still dishing out kisses, handshakes and high-fives at the Magic Kingdom on Thursday, despite the flu virus alert gripping the United States.

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Related Topix: Media, Walt Disney, Television, Medicine, Influenza, Health, Epidemic, Swine Flu

Apr 30, 2009 | KFMB-TV San Diego

Six-figure Deal Reached For Book About Viruses

The swine flu outbreak has boosted sales for an acclaimed history of the 1918 pandemic, and helped biologist Nathan Wolfe get a six-figure deal for a book about viruses.

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Apr 30, 2009 | Salisbury Journal

Eight UK swine flu cases confirmed

Three more people in the UK have been diagnosed with swine flu, the Department of Health has said.

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Apr 30, 2009 | The Tennessean

World takes drastic steps to combat disease

From Egypt's order that all 300,000 pigs in the country be slaughtered to travel bans and putting the kibosh on kissing, the world is taking drastic, and some say debatable, measures to combat swine flu.

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Related Topix: Swine Flu, Health, Epidemic

Apr 30, 2009 | The Boston Globe

Obama vows great `vigilance' as swine flu spreads

President Barack Obama pledged "great vigilance" in confronting the swine flu outbreak Wednesday night as it spread coast to coast across the U.S. The outbreak hit 11 states and closed schools amid confirmation of the first U.S. death -- a Mexican toddler who visited Texas with his family -- and the confinement of dozens of Marines after one came ...

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Texas, US Military, US Marine Corps, Epidemic, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Wed Apr 29, 2009

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Swine Flu Pandemic Imminent

The World Health Organization has now raised the alert level to five, signaling a global swine flu pandemic could be imminent.

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Related Topix: Swine Flu, Health, Epidemic, Medicine, Influenza, Video

The Post Chronicle

WHO Confirms Pandemic Threat Raised To 5

World Health Organization Director-General Dr. Margaret Chan raised the pandemic threat awareness level to 5 on Wednesday, meaning the world is at imminent risk of a pandemic from H1N1 swine flu.

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KVVU-TV Henderson

Napolitano Asserts Strong Federal Flu Response

WASHINGTON -- Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Wednesday that dealing with the swine flu virus will be "a marathon, not a sprint" and individual citizens have a responsibility to help.

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Related Topix: Swine Flu, Health, Medicine, Influenza, Epidemic

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