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...high school in Cibolo, Texas, just outside San Antonio, when he came down with a fever of 103°F (39°C) and felt nauseated. Three days later, his doctor confirmed he had a mysterious new strain of swine flu that had just hit the U.S. - a virus that would eventually be labeled H1N1 of 2009. (See pictures of thermal scanners hunting for swine...
...children home. Workers wiped down the school district's 100-plus buses. At Cibolo city hall, employees posted signs asking residents to pay their utility bills at a drop box instead of coming inside. Garbage collectors donned face masks. At the time, no one knew how deadly the virus was - or how many people...
...asked ourselves what face we could give to the virus, and it couldn't be a pretty face.' DIRK SILZ, creative director for Germany's new "AIDS Is a Mass Murderer" campaign, explaining the choice of Adolf Hitler as the virus's human embodiment...
Swine flu strikes again! This time, it's the Harvard field hockey team that's suffering. Already shorthanded due to a small roster and injuries, the Crimson has lost several players to the dreaded virus over the past week...
With such a compelling package, we are concerned that 38 chambers won’t be nearly enough. And as soon as word gets out that registered isolation chamber parties are for H1N1 students only, the rush will be on to catch the virus. Though freshmen trying to crash the masked gatherings will inevitably leave frustrated when asked by certified FLU teams to flash their temperatures first...