<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Viral strain info from US cases is "unusual". Article below does not say whether that's the profile of the Mexico cases. </div><div><br></div><div><font face="Helvetica" size="4" color="#000000" style="font: 14.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="4" style="font: 14.0px Helvetica"><b>Breaking News: HHS Declares Emergency as Swine Flu Cases Climb to 20</b></font></div><div><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><br></div></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div bgcolor="white" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, verdana; font-style: italic; font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(10, 31, 98); ">Sunday April 26, 2009</span></div></span></div><div><div><div><p align="">HHS Declares Emergency as Swine Flu Cases Climb to 20</p><p align="">Twenty cases of swine flu now confirmed, triggering an emergency declaration by HHS. Homeland Security releases 25% of stockpiled antivirals -- oseltamivir (Tamiflu) and zanamivir (Relenza). <br>Developing story.<br><a href="http://www.medpagetoday.com/InfectiousDisease/URItheFlu/tb/13903">http://www.medpagetoday.com/InfectiousDisease/URItheFlu/tb/13903</a></p><p align="">from the audio:</p><p align=""><i>In recent weeks, cases of human infection with swine influenza turned up in California and Texas. The viral strain is unusual in that it contains fragments from four different sources: a North American swine flu, a swine flu typically found in Asia and Europe, an avian flu, and a human flu. </i></p><p align="">...</p><p align=""><i>The CDC has not recommended travel restrictions to any of the affected areas [in Mexico].</i></p><p align="" style="font-size: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px; font-size: 14px; "><b>More info at the CDC link below (excerpt is from C-Span.org):</b></span></p><p align=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; "><p style="font-size: 1em; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.3em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px; "><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td class="leftcolumn" style="width: 653px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; "><div class="grayborder" style="border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(205, 205, 205); border-right-color: rgb(205, 205, 205); border-bottom-color: rgb(205, 205, 205); border-left-color: rgb(205, 205, 205); padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 1px; margin-bottom: 17px; position: static; z-index: auto; "><h2 class="redtab" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 6px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 6px; font: normal normal bold 16px/16px 'Lucida Grande', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: white; text-transform: uppercase; height: 21px; background-image: url(http://c-span.org/ImagesSite/tabs/tab_red.png); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; ">TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS</h2><div class="featurearea" style="border-right-width: 2px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: rgb(186, 0, 19); border-bottom-width: 2px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(143, 0, 15); border-left-width: 2px; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(116, 0, 11); padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 1px; position: static; z-index: auto; "><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="Afeature" style="width: 640px; position: static; z-index: auto; "><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2" class="subpg-leftfeature-photo" style="width: 320px; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: white; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: white; background-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: left; vertical-align: top; "><img alt="Government’s Response To Swine Flu" class="imageblock" style="width: 320px; height: 240px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 9px; display: block; " height="240" width="324" src="cid:A3CBB6CB-FF0E-4DB1-8C82-87C1F5D72A54"></td><td class="feature-content" style="padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 10px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; "><h4 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal bold 15px/16px 'Lucida Grande', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-transform: uppercase; "><span id="ctl00_ctl00_cphContentMainFrame_cphContentTwoCol1_featTriple_lblHeadline1">GOVERNMENT’S RESPONSE TO SWINE FLU</span></h4><span id="ctl00_ctl00_cphContentMainFrame_cphContentTwoCol1_featTriple_lblProgramDt1" class="gray" style="font-size: 11px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); ">Today</span><br><br><span id="ctl00_ctl00_cphContentMainFrame_cphContentTwoCol1_featTriple_lblDescription1">The Health and Human Services Department is declaring a national health emergency in response to the increasing number of swine flu cases in Mexico and the U.S. Also, the White House held a press briefing in response to the outbreak and the precautions Americans should take to avoid being affected.</span></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: left; vertical-align: top; "><div class="btnicons-border" style="border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); background-color: rgb(247, 242, 235); padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 10px; "><span id="ctl00_ctl00_cphContentMainFrame_cphContentTwoCol1_featTriple_lblLinks1"><span class="gray nowrap" style="font-size: 11px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); white-space: nowrap; "><a href="http://c-span.org/Watch/watch.aspx?MediaId=HP-R-17874" style="color: rgb(33, 53, 157); text-decoration: none; "><img alt="watch" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 9px; " height="11" width="19" src="cid:77BAC4A3-3698-40CB-B745-9009D7A7769D"> WH Press Briefing From Earlier</a> </span> <br><span class="gray nowrap" style="font-size: 11px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); white-space: nowrap; "><a href="http://c-span.org/Watch/watch.aspx?MediaId=HP-R-17872" style="color: rgb(33, 53, 157); text-decoration: none; "><img alt="listen" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 9px; " height="19" width="19" src="cid:29A9B38F-2126-4924-9D0D-F0F2322EE696"> Telenews Conference On Swine Flu (4/25)</a></span><br><span class="gray nowrap" style="font-size: 11px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); white-space: nowrap; "><a href="http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu/investigation.htm" rel="external" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(33, 53, 157); text-decoration: none; "><img alt="visit" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 9px; " height="7" width="19" src="cid:04CC1C7F-15B1-4278-8AE7-EA6A9A6B3D34"> CDC: Human Swine Influenza Investigation</a></span></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></span></p></span></p></div></div></div></body></html>