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Three little piggies do have H1N1

By Chris Steller | 10.19.09 | 12:17 pm

Minnesota officials succeeded in fighting off the term “swine flu” earlier this year, but three piglets that were displayed at the Minnesota State Fair last month have been confirmed today as the nation’s first porcine victims

Flu roundup: Vaccine iffy, pork’s PR lousy, infection hoped-for in Orono

By Chris Steller | 05.04.09 | 12:59 pm

flu-collage-may-4Three new-flu links from Minnesota: A vaccine will take a while to produce, public-health journalist Maryn McKenna writes for the University of Minnesota. The H1N1 novel influenza probably got its start with hogs, a U of M expert told…

“Swine flu” rhetoric part of broader anti-immigration strategy

By Daphne Eviatar | 05.01.09 | 12:31 pm

If the anti-immigrant reactions to the outbreak of H1N1 influenza — “swine flu” — are any indication, advocates for immigration reform are going to have an uphill battle in Congress this year.

State’s lone case of new flu has officials looking in ‘concentric circles’ for more

By Chris Steller | 04.30.09 | 12:41 pm

Minnesota’s one confirmed case of the new flu is sending investigators looking in “concentric circles” for other people who may have the infection, according to state Health Commissioner Dr. Sanne Magnan.

As pork prices tumble, Minnesota won’t call it “swine flu”

By Chris Steller | 04.29.09 | 11:34 am

Minnesota’s top health officials are in close communication with the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta about the new flu that has killed more than 100 people in Mexico. But they aren’t calling the flu by the same name. The CDC calls it “swine flu,” but Minnesota Health Commissioner, Dr. Sanne Magnan, says the official state term is “H1N1 novel influenza.”