The president refers briefly to the health emergency in an address to scientists. He vows to invest 3% of the nation's gross domestic product to scientific research and development. In the midst of a government-declared public health emergency involving "emerging cases" of swine flu, President Barack Obama said today that he is closely monitoring a situation that poses no cause for alarm.
Illnesses Prompt Swine Flu Concerns
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, a few people get swine flu every year in the U.S. In past outbreaks, swine flu has caused severe illness like pneumonia and respiratory failure. These severe illnesses are occurring in Mexico, prompting the heightened concern over the new swine flu strain.
They're wrapping up on 'Main Street'
"Main Street," the latest movie to be filmed in Durham, began shooting mid-March, and will wrap up sometime during the first week or two of May, said David Linck, unit publicist.
U.S. responding as if swine flu will be pandemic
U.S. declares national health emergency; Mexico death toll reaches 149 Confirming 40 cases of swine flu in the U.S., the Obama administration said Monday it was responding aggressively as if the outbreak would spread into a full pandemic. Officials urged Americans against most travel to Mexico as the virus that began there spread to the United States and beyond.
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