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  1. Not-so-feel-good news item of the day…

    April 24 (Bloomberg) — Disease trackers are trying to
    determine whether a previously unseen strain of influenza in the U.S. is related to more than 130 cases of severe respiratory illness in Mexico and may spark a pandemic.
    A new variant of H1N1 swine influenza has sickened at least seven patients in California and Texas, the Atlanta-based U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said yesterday. Mexico’s Health Minister Jose Cordova canceled classes in the capital, Mexico City, today and recommended citizens avoid public places after 20 fatalities from an illness possibly caused by a flu virus.
    Scientists in both countries and Canada are studying the illnesses to determine whether they pose a larger public health threat

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