Kindergarten students, some wearing masks, sit at their school in Hong Kong on June 11, 2009. Hong Kong authorities ordered all primary schools in the city to be closed for two weeks after the first cluster of local H1N1 flu cases was found. (MIKE CLARKE/AFP/Getty Images)
Minnesota Public Radio coverage of the H1N1, or swine flu, outbreak. It started in Mexico and has spread to other countries, including the United States.
Swine flu pandemic?
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WHO is poised to declare a flu pandemic, the first in 41 years. This means that the H1N1 virus has infected people in a significant number of countries.
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Frank Rhame: Infectious disease specialist with Allina medical clinic. He is also research director of Abbott Northwestern infectious disease clinic and travel clinic.
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