Deadly Flu Threatens Mexico and US
Reuters reports:
Mexican and U.S. health officials searched on Saturday for signs an outbreak of a new flu strain is spreading further, after it killed up to 68 people in Mexico and infected eight in the United States.
As Mexico shut schools and museums and axed public events, global health officials stopped short of declaring a pandemic.
But they warned more cases could come to light, making up a major outbreak, as the flu spreads between people and infected some individuals who had no contact with one another.
The World Health Organization said the virus from 12 of the Mexican patients was the same genetically as a new strain of swine flu, designated H1N1, seen in eight people in California and Texas who later recovered…
Genetic analysis shows the flu strain is a never-before-seen mixture of swine, human and avian viruses.
This is obviously becoming a major problem. It will undoubtedly remind you of the chicken flu, which killed many in Asia. We also had the mad cow disease a couple of years ago, which caused major problems in Europ.
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