Texas officials ‘aggressively’ look for swine flu

By News on the Net —— Bio and Archives April 27, 2009

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SAN ANTONIO — Texas health officials on Sunday were asking hospitals and doctors to take samples from flu patients so they could aggressively survey for a new strain of swine flu that has killed dozens of people in Mexico and sparked fears of a global pandemic.

Only two confirmed cases — both among students at a high school in Cibolo near San Antonio — have been identified in the state. Officials were awaiting test results from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on eight possible cases, said Emily Palmer, a spokeswoman for the Department of State Health Services. Palmer said five of the cases being tested were in the Guadalupe County area where the two confirmed cases have been found. The other three possible cases are in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. All the Texas cases have been mild. More...