Media Matters - Mark Feldstein (ex-CNN): "The media have an economic interest in promoting the fear"

Media Matters for America has an interesting little video.
The Media overdo the flu. Yes, they are selling ads.
The quote former CNN reporter Mark Feldstein: "The media have ... an economic vested interest in promoting the fear"

Media Matters - Mark Feldstein (ex-CNN): "The media have an economic interest in promoting the fear"

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The Associated Press: Medical detectives probe flu virus spread in NYC

NEW YORK (AP) When a team of medical detectives from New York City's health department first arrived at a Queens school stricken by swine flu on April 24, the situation looked bad.

In a matter of days, nearly 660 kids at the St. Francis Preparatory School had developed fever and a wicked cough. A third of the student body was sick. Two dozen teachers and staff also fell ill. Students brought the illness home, and hundreds of their relatives got sick too.

Within days, 1,000 people connected to the school had flu symptoms. The virus appeared poised to break out and infect millions.

But then, the bug took a break...

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The Associated Press: Medical detectives probe flu virus spread in NYC

CDC: Advice for Parents on Talking to Children About Novel H1N1 Flu Concerns

As a parent you know how hard it can be for children to understand stressful situations, such as the current situation of novel H1N1 flu. Stressful situations often cause children to worry and have many questions as to why it is happening and how it can be fixed. It is important to remember to take care of your health and well-being as well as the health of your children. If you cope with a stressful situation well, your children will also cope better. Your confidence and calm attitude will help your children ease their worries and feel safe and secure.

Here are some helpful tips on what you can do for your children:

CDC: Advice for Parents on Talking to Children About Novel H1N1 Flu Concerns

Ennahar Online - Clashes between police and pig breeders in Cairo

Violent clashes erupted Sunday in Cairo between pig breeders and the police who come to take their animals for slaughter, according to a journalist on the spot.

Three to four hundred residents of Manchiyet Nasr at the top of the Moqattam hill began to throw stones and bottles at police dispatched to the scene in mid-day.

A few hundred anti-riot policemen then responded by launching tear gas and rubber bullets against demonstrators, mostly young people.

The government ordered Wednesday the slaughter of some 250,000 pigs, raised in the country, as a measure against swine influenza, while no cases of the flu has occurred in Egypt and that the WHO has identified no contamination case of a pig to man.

Ennahar Online - Swine flu: Clashes between police and pig breeders in Cairo

Expatica Spain: Spanish cases of swine flu rise to 40

MADRID - The number of confirmed swine flu cases in Spain has risen to 40, double the previous number, Madrid's health ministry announced Sunday, adding that only six victims were still being treated in hospital.

'Thirty-four of the 40 confirmed cases have been discharged from hospital and have returned home,' the ministry said, adding that the victims had responded favourably to treatment.

A total of 83 people were still in isolation amid checks on whether they had contracted the A(H1N1) flu virus.

The previous health ministry statement issued late Saturday put the number of confirmed cases at 20, with 99 suspected cases.

Spain is by far Europe's most affected country.

Expatica Spain: Spanish cases of swine flu rise to 40

The Associated Press: Developments on swine flu worldwide

Key developments on swine flu outbreaks, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, World Health Organization, and government officials:

_Deaths: 19 confirmed in Mexico and one confirmed in U.S., a 21-month-old boy from Mexico who died in Texas.

_Confirmed sickened worldwide, 872: 506 in Mexico; 197 in U.S.; 85 in Canada; 40 in Spain; 16 in Britain; eight in Germany; four in New Zealand; two in Italy, France, Israel, and South Korea; one each in Colombia; Costa Rica, Ireland, Switzerland, Austria, Hong Kong, Denmark and the Netherlands.

The Associated Press: Developments on swine flu worldwide

The first song (?) from Mexico about H1N1

The Associated Press: Canada says pigs found with new swine flu virus

OTTAWA (AP) — Canadian officials say pigs in the province of Alberta have been infected with the new swine flu virus and are under quarantine.

It is the first known reported case of the new virus infecting pigs.

Swine flu regularly causes outbreaks in pigs, and the officials stressed that the pigs do not pose a food safety risk.

The officials told a press conference Saturday that the pigs were thought to be infected by a Canadian farm worker who recently visited Mexico and got sick after returning to Canada.

Officials said the traveler has recovered and that the pigs are 'well on their way to recovery.' They did not say how many pigs were affected."

The Associated Press: Canada says pigs found with new swine flu virus