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Sizzlin’ Swine Flu Facts

(As of April 29, 2009, 11:00 AM ET)

U.S. Human Cases of Swine Flu Infection
Arizona– 1
California– 14
Indiana– 1
Kansas– 2
Massachusetts– 2
Michigan– 2
Nevada– 1
New York City– 51
Ohio– 1
Texas– 16, 1 death
TOTAL COUNTS: 91 cases, 1 death

A Mexico City toddler who traveled to Texas with family to visit relatives is the first confirmed death in the U.S. from swine flu.

Nearly a week after the threat first emerged in Mexico, Spain reported the first case in Europe of swine flu in a person who had not been to Mexico, underscoring the threat of person-to-person transmission.

Egypt slaughtered the roughly 300,000 pigs in the country as a precautionary measure against the spread of swine flu even though no cases have been reported here yet.

The Center For Disease Control label for this outbreak of swine flu is 2009 H1N1.

Even if the CDC's seed stock of virus were to be released to vaccine makers today, it would take the companies anywhere from four to six months before the first inoculation could be ready for public use.

The World Health Organization (WHO) raised the pandemic swine flu alert level from phase 3 to 4, two levels below the declaration of a full pandemic