White House to give swine flu briefing today
The administration will hold a briefing today at the White House on the swine flu outbreak.
Homeland Security Director Janet Napolitano will appear along with Richard Besser, head of the Centers for Disease Control.
Start time is approximately 12:30PM EST.
The AP’s status report on swine flu:
So far, there have been at least 11 confirmed cases of swine flu in California, Texas and Kansas. Patients have ranged in age from 9 to over 50. At least two were hospitalized.
A deadly swine flu strain in Mexico has killed up to 81 people and likely sickened 1,324 since April 13.
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