Confirmed cases of swine flu on the rise, U.S. begins screening travelers at borders

[BirminghamExaminer]

Excerpt:

Swine flu cases have been confirmed in Spain and in Israel while possible cases have surfaced in New Zealand.

The death toll from swine flu in Mexico has risen to over 100 cases.

The United States has begun screening border crossings for people who are entering the country and report fevers or other symptoms.

Asian countries are putting feverish travelers returning from flu infected areas into quarantine. Airports around the world are on alert for travelers arriving from flu infected areas.

Full article plus pictures are here and by the way, the GOP complained about pandemic flu funding in the Stimulus bill.

[dccrossman]

1. To know what will happen next, what are Repubs belittling?

Not that I want to say they have any sort of ESP...

But Jindal laughs about volcano monitoring and one goes off in Alaska.

GOP complains about pandemic flu funding, and we have a flu scare.


Thanks for the link, btw, been in a news black hole this weekend, and just saw the headline at HuffPo and then your link to the Examiner.

Peace!