Breaking News Alert The New York Times Sunday, April 26, 2009 -- 1:47 PM ET ----- Swine Flu Prompts U.S. to Declare Public Health Emergency American health officials on Sunday declared a public health emergency over increasing cases of swine flu, saying that they had confirmed 20 cases of the disease in the United States and expected to see more as investigators fan out to track down the path of the outbreak. Although officials said that most of the cases had been mild and urged Americans not to panic, the emergency declaration frees resources to be used toward diagnosing or preventing additional cases and releases money for more antiviral drugs. Read More: http://www.nytimes.com/?emc=na ----- Now get the New York Times Breaking News to your mobile phone. Sign up for the alerts by texting NEWSALERTS to 698698 (NYTNYT). ----- About This E-Mail You received this message because you are signed up to receive Breaking News Alerts from NYTimes.com. To unsubscribe, change your e-mail address or to sign up for daily headlines or other newsletters, go to: http://www.nytimes.com/email NYTimes.com 620 Eighth Ave. New York, NY 10018 Copyright 2009 The New York Times Company
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