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Family of Swine Flu Victim To Sue NYC For $40 Million...

Aug. 11, 2009
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School groups quarantined for swine flu

BEIJING, July 18 (UPI) -- Eight swine flu cases in China have resulted in more than 100 U.K. and U.S. students and teachers being quarantined, officials say.

1 in 3 Greeks could fall ill with H1N1 flu

ATHENS, Greece, July 10 (UPI) -- Greek Health Minister Dimitris Avramopoulos has told the nation about 33 percent of the 11.2 million population could be infected with the H1N1 flu virus.

Canada records 6th swine flu death

MONTREAL, June 14 (UPI) -- A Quebec woman in her 50s has become the sixth person to die after contracting the H1N1 flu in Canada, provincial health officials said Sunday.

Swine flu victim gives birth prematurely

RENFREW, Scotland, June 6 (UPI) -- A baby born prematurely to a woman critically ill with swine flu has shown no symptoms of the H1N1 virus, doctors in Scotland said.

Illinois has 5th swine flu death

GURNEE, Ill., June 5 (UPI) -- A 74-year-old Gurnee, Ill., resident has become the fifth person to die of swine flu in Illinois, the Lake County Health Department said.

Historic Eton closed by swine flu case

WINDSOR, England, May 29 (UPI) -- Britain's Eton College, founded by King Henry VI nearly 570 years ago, was closed Friday after a student tested positive for swine flu, officials said.
Chicagoan first Illinois swine flu death

Chicagoan first Illinois swine flu death

CHICAGO, May 26 (UPI) -- A Chicago resident's swine flu-related death reported Tuesday is Illinois' first, and in the number of swine flu cases, Illinois is second only to Texas.

Russia swine flu 'victim' says he's OK

MOSCOW, May 23 (UPI) -- A Russian man identified by the government as infected with the country's first case of swine flu says he feels fine.
Possible California swine flu tie studied

Possible California swine flu tie studied

SACRAMENTO, May 1 (UPI) -- Officials are reported looking into the possibility that some of the so-called swine flu believed to spread from Mexico actually came from California.

Bird flu claims 13th victim in Thailand

BANGKOK, Oct. 20 (UPI) -- Bird flu has claimed its 13th victim in Thailand and the victim's son in a village is being treated for flu-like symptoms, the BBC reports.
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President Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom in Washington
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch