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U.S., Mexico Express Cautious Optimism on Flu Virus

May. 3, 2009
After a week of alarming reports of a new strain of swine flu and the likelihood of a pandemic, Obama administration officials today said there are indications that the influenza will not prove to be as lethal as initially feared, and said there is no reason for healthy people to avoid traveling...
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