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Company warned officials of flu 18 days before alert was issued
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| “VeraSight™ Global (VSG) represents the user interface for the government and public health application of Foreshadow™, Veratect’s comprehensive emerging disease risk operating environment. VeraSight™ Global (VSG), represents a leap forward in the early detection and actionable alert generation of infectious disease risk events worldwide. Moreover, VeraSight™ Global provides early warning for both human and animal diseases that threaten regional and/or global security and economic health.”
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| Company warned officials of flu 18 days before alert was issued |
| McClatchy Newspapers | May 01, 2009 | By Les Blumenthal |
| WASHINGTON — A Washington state biosurveillance firm raised the first warning about a possible outbreak of swine flu in Mexico more than two weeks before the World Health Organization offered its initial alert about a public health emergency of international concern.
Both federal and international health officials had access to the warning from Veratect Corp. Later e-mails calling attention to the company’s subsequent report that the disease was possibly spreading in Mexico were sent to 10 o |
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Mexico flu scare empties streets, churches, bars
| Mexico flu scare empties streets, churches, bars |
| AlertNet — Reuters | Apr 26, 2009 | By Helen Popper and Mica Rosenberg |
| * Top soccer matches played in empty stadiums * Mayor says may have to shut down mass transport system * Empty streets in normally vibrant city MEXICO CITY, April 26 (Reuters) – One of the world’s biggest cities slowed to a snail’s pace on Sunday as millions in the Mexican capital hid indoors to avoid infection from a flu virus that has killed up to 81 people. The Roman Catholic faithful listened to mass on the radio rather than go to church, a professional soccer game was played in an emp |
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Deadly new flu breaks out in Mexico, U.S.
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| A police woman wears a mask in Mexico City April 24, 2009. A strain of flu never seen before has killed up to 60 people in Mexico and also appeared in the United States, where eight people were infected but recovered, health officials said on Friday. REUTERS/Jorge Dan Lopez (MEXICO SOCIETY HEALTH ENVIRONMENT IMAGES OF THE DAY) REUTERS/Str |
| Deadly new flu breaks out in Mexico, U.S. |
| AlertNet dot org — Reuters | Apr 25, 2009 | By Alistair Bell and Noel Randewich |
| MEXICO CITY, April 24 (Reuters) – A strain of flu never seen before has killed as many as 61 people in Mexico and has spread into the United States, where eight people have been infected but recovered, health officials said on friday.
Mexico’s government said at least 16 people have died of the disease in central Mexico and that it may also have been responsible for 45 other deaths. The World Health Organization said tests showed the virus in 12 of the Mexican patients had the same genetic |
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| People wear masks inside a bus in Mexico City April 24, 2009. A strain of flu never seen before has killed up to 60 people in Mexico and also appeared in the United States, where eight people were infected but recovered, health officials said on Friday. REUTERS/Felipe Leon (MEXICO DISASTER HEALTH ENVIRONMENT) REUTERS/Stringer/Mexico |
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Interpol agent passed information to Beltrán-Leyva cartel in Mexico
The informant fed classified information about anti-drug operations to the feared Beltrán-Leyva cartel
Interpol agent passed information to Beltrán-Leyva cartel in Mexico
Oct. 28, 2008 — One of the most dangerous drug cartels in the world has infiltrated the US Embassy in Mexico and America’s top anti-trafficking agency, it emerged last night.
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Plane crash leaves Mexico interior secretary dead
AP – Firefighters try to douse the flames after a small aircraft crashed during rush hour in Mexico City Tuesday
Plane crash leaves Mexico interior secretary dead
By MARK STEVENSON, Associated Press Writer – Wed Nov 5, 3:34 am ET
MEXICO CITY – One of Mexico\’s top pointmen in the war against drug trafficking died when a government jet crashed into a Mexico City street, setting fire to dozens of vehicles and dealing crusading President Felipe Calderon a serious blow.
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