'Mistake kills flu baby' in Spain

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Published July 13, 2009 at 2:35 p.m.

A baby born prematurely to the first woman in Spain to die of swine flu has also died after a glaring medical error, a hospital director has said.The baby boy was born by Caesarean section on 29 June ...

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Nurse in Spain baby death new to neo-natal care

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Published July 14, 2009 at 5:05 a.m.

(AP) — MADRID - A young nurse with no experience in neonatal care made a mistake that caused the death of an infant born to the first person in Spain to die of swine flu, an official said Tues ...

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Infant baby of swine flu victim dies after hospital feeding mistake

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Published July 14, 2009 at 3:04 a.m.

A shocking medical error has claimed the life of an infant born prematurely to a woman who was the first person in Spain to die from the H1N1 flu virus ... Staff at the hospital in Madrid fed the baby ...

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Baby who lost mother to swine flu dies in Spain

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Published July 13, 2009 at 10:41 a.m.

A medical error claimed the life of a baby born prematurely to a woman who was the first person in Spain to die of swine flu, a hospital official said Monday ...

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Arming for the Potential Battle Against Swine Flu Pandemic

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Published April 30, 2009 at 9:09 a.m.

To date, over 150 people in Mexico have lost their lives to swine flu-related causes and the numbers continue to increase. In addition, the virus has been confirmed in the U.S., U.K., Canada, New Zealand, and Spain, causing the World Health Organization (WHO) to raise its global pandemic alert level to indicate that the disease is no longer containable ... read more ...

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Commentary: Flu shouldn't close Mexico border

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Published April 29, 2009 at 8:48 a.m.
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The swine flu outbreak that started less than a month ago has caused more than 150 deaths in Mexico and more than 60 confirmed cases across the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom, with suspected cases in France, Spain, Israel and New Zealand ...

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Swine Flu Cases Rising in U.S., World

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Published April 27, 2009 at 12:20 p.m.

The number of people sickened by swine flu is growing in the U.S., and new cases have been reported in Canada and Spain ...

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WHO Raises Flu Alert Level To Phase 4

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Published April 27, 2009 at 4:39 p.m.
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MEXICO CITY — Mexico says the World Health Organization has raised its pandemic alert for swine flu by one level, two steps short of declaring a full-blown pandemic ... Mexico health department spokesman Carlos Olmos confirms the move ... WHO says the phase 4 alert means sustained human to human transmission causing outbreaks in at least one country. It signals a significant increase in the risk of a global epidemic, but doesn't mean a pandemic is inevitable ... Many experts think it may be

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