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Carl Fjeld, a Minnesota State University Moorhead senior from Twin Valley, has been selected to be an intern with the World Health Organization at its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, May 16 throu...
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Mexico criticizes swine flu discrimination 
Saying China's quarantine of 70 Mexican travelers was discrimination, Mexico announced it was chartering a plane today to bring its citizens home from the country. Mexican officials also declared the epidemic to be waning, but medical experts worldwide said it was to early to make that call.
By David Koop , May 04, 2009
WHO to stop using term 'swine flu'
A bid to rebrand the swine flu virus to clarify that pigs aren’t spreading it to humans may create more confusion than it clears, several public health experts, including the man who helped named the Ebola virus, said Thursday. The World Health Organization announced it would stop using the term “swine flu,” a nickname that has angered pork producers and led to a drop in pork sales worldwide.
By Canadian Press , April 30, 2009
World flu alert goes higher; Mexico plans shutdown
Mexico took even more drastic action to squelch a swine flu epidemic, ordering a suspension of private business activity and nonessential federal government activities, as the World Health Organization ratcheted up an alert, warning that "all of humanity" is threatened.
By Andrew O. Selsky , April 30, 2009
Swine flu reaches 10 U.S. states, Europe
Mexican child dies in Houston, becomes 1st U.S. deathVirulent swine flu spread to 10 U.S. states from coast to coast today and swept deeper into Europe, extending its global reach as President Barack Obama mourned the first U.S. death, a Mexican toddler who had traveled with his family to Texas. Total American cases surged to nearly 100, and Obama said wider school closings might be necessary.
By Lauran Neergaard and Tom Raum , April 29, 2009
New limits on Mexico crowds as flu crosses frontiers; U.S. cases at 64
World health officials in Geneva said they believed the virus appears to be establishing itself in communities and be able to produce larger outbreaks outside Mexico, possibly causing a flu pandemic.
By Andrew O. Selsky , April 28, 2009
World Health Organization says U.S. patients may be transmitting swine flu
U.S. swine flu patients may have transmitted the virus to others in the United States, the World Health Organization said today, indicating that the new strain is spreading beyond travelers returning from Mexico.
By Frank Jordans , April 28, 2009
World markets fall as swine flu fears grow
World stock markets fell today as investors worried that any swine flu pandemic could derail a global economic recovery as the World Health Organization said it was now too late to contain the virus and urged countries to do what they can to mitigate the effects.
By Pan Pylas , April 28, 2009
WHO stops short of declaring swine flu a global emergency
UPDATE 12:22 A.M.Ominous developments today in the swine flu epidemic
A jump to 149 deaths and more signs that the virus can jump repeatedly from human to human — prompted the World Health Organization to raise its pandemic alert level, and governments around the world were taking tougher measures.
By Associated Press , April 27, 2009
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