American health officials on Sunday declared a public health
emergency over increasing cases of swine flu, saying that
they had confirmed 20 cases of the disease in the United
States and expected to see more as investigators fan out to
track down the path of the outbreak.

Although officials said that most of the cases had been mild
and urged Americans not to panic, the emergency declaration
frees resources to be used toward diagnosing or preventing
additional cases and releases money for more antiviral drugs.

Read More

• Caplan: No Hype In Flu Response (bioethics.net)
• Toronto case brings GTA swine flu number to 8 (cbc.ca)
• City’s Swine Flu Plan: Free Student Vaccinations but Care in School Closings (nytimes.com)
• The Swine Flu For Fun And Profit (abcnews.go.com)

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