Flu epidemic prompts Mexico City to suspend all school, university classes, as strain studied

September 24th, 2009 Classes resume at Texas school where teacher slainTYLER, Texas — Classes are set to resume at a Texas high school a day after a special education teacher was fatally stabbed in a classroom. Authorities in Tyler, Texas, say a 16-year-old male student is accused of walking up to 50-year-old Todd Henry at John Tyler High School and stabbing him in the neck Wednesday.

May 18th, 2009 TOKYO - The number of new swine-flu infections in Japan rose to 130 Monday, the Kyodo News agency reported, citing its own calculations. Prime Minister Taro Aso told a government task force that he had no plans to call citizens to refrain from attending meetings or going out or to scale back business because of the spread of the A(H1N1) strain of the flu virus.

May 13th, 2009 MEXICO CITY/HAVANA - Mexican President Felipe Calderon has said that the A(H1N1) influenza epidemic has been dealt with transparently from the first instance it became known to the country's authorities. Calderon did not mention Cuban leader Fidel Castro, who had accused Mexico of not telling other countries earlier about the ongoing influenza epidemic due to the visit of US President Barack Obama.

May 12th, 2009 HAVANA - The former Cuban president Fidel Castro accused Mexico of not telling other countries earlier about the outbreak of ongoing influenza epidemic due to the visit of US President Barack Obama. 'Mexican authorities did not inform the world about the presence of the (epidemic) because they were awaiting Obama's visit.

May 9th, 2009 MEXICO CITY - Almost 90 percent of the 45 swine flu fatalities recorded till date in Mexico began to feel the symptoms before authorities knew of the existence of the new AH1N1 virus, the country's health secretary said Friday. Jose Angel Cordova told a press conference that most of those cases were diagnosed and treated for pneumonia before the April 23 declaration of a health emergency.

May 5th, 2009 MEXICO CITY - Mexico's President Felipe Calderon has said that his country is 'in a situation to restart the road toward normality', as the outbreak of swine flu is stabilising. 'We find ourselves at a stage of stabilisation of the spread of the human influenza virus and we know its basic characteristics,' Calderon said Monday after meeting with state governors and Mexico City Mayor Marcelo Ebrard.

May 3rd, 2009 Mexico: Swine flu epidemic on declineMEXICO CITY — Mexico's health secretary said Sunday the swine flu epidemic in his country apparently is waning, but he stressed that the government, medical community and citizens must remain vigilant. Jose Angel Cordova told a news conference that Mexico's swine flu death toll remained at 19.

May 1st, 2009 Mexico: WHO reaction to flu virus report slowMEXICO CITY — Mexico's top epidemiologist says the World Health Organization was slow to react to an outbreak of atypical pneumonia that grew into the swine flu epidemic, and wants a probe. In a telephone interview with The Associated Press, Dr.

April 29th, 2009 MEXICO CITY - The number of confirmed swine flu infections in Mexico rose from 26 to 49, although the number of deaths was still at seven from the new strain of flu, according to laboratory results that Mexico's health authorities made public Wednesday. In total, there have been 159 deaths and 2,498 infections in Mexico's flu epidemic.

April 28th, 2009 MEXICO CITY - Mexico has ordered schools nationwide to shut down because of the ongoing swine flu epidemic, health secretary Jose Angel Cordoba said. The government Monday decided to extend an earlier order to close schools in some of the 32 states and the capital city to all schools nationwide.

April 25th, 2009 2 swine flu cases confirmed in KansasTOPEKA, Kan. — The Kansas Department of Health and Environment has confirmed two cases of swine flu in the state.

April 25th, 2009 Mexico City cancels all public events for 10 daysMEXICO CITY — Mexico City is suspending all public events for 10 days as officials try to contain an outbreak of a deadly new swine flu. Mayor Marcelo Ebrard says the city has enough medicine to treat those infected, but the city's focus is on containing the spread of the strain.

April 25th, 2009 Swine flu turns up in NYC, but type is unclearNEW YORK — At least eight students at a New York City high school probably have human swine influenza, but authorities don't know whether they have the strain that has killed people in Mexico. City health officials say more than 100 students at the private St.

April 24th, 2009 Mexico City suspends schools over flu epidemicMEXICO CITY — Mexico City closed schools across the metropolis of 20 million Friday after at least 16 people died and more than 900 others fall ill from what health officials suspect is a new strain of swine flu. World health officials worried that it could mark the start of a flu pandemic.

April 24th, 2009 Drugmakers: Swine flu strain responds to medicinesNEW YORK — Makers of the two main antiviral flu treatments said Friday they've been in touch with world health authorities on the outbreak of swine flu in Mexico City and said the virus seems to respond to their medicines. GlaxoSmithKline, which makes Relenza, and Roche, which makes Tamiflu, said they have been in touch with the World Health Organization as Mexico City shut down schools, libraries and other institutions to try to quell the outbreak, which has killed at least 20 people.