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Early swine flu victim’s wife not told of disease 28 April 2009

A man walks past pigs on a field near Gerardo Leyva's home in the town of Xonacatlan, Mexico, on Sunday. A week after the death of one of Mexico's first swine flu victims, Leyva's family still hasn't been given any medicine, nor has any public health worker interviewed them about contacts with pigs or other potential swine flu sources.The family's experience raises questions about Mexico's response to the epidemic and one of its greatest mysteries: why the disease is killing people in Mexico, but so far nowhere else.


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Prostate cancer risk slashed with new drug 28 April 2009

A drug already sold for other prostate problems significantly cut the chances of prostate cancer being found in men with an increased risk of the disease, doctors reported Monday.
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Scientists developing faster test for swine flu 28 April 2009

A newspaper headline of swine flu is seen on a downtown street in Hong Kong on Monday. Researchers in Hong Kong are attempting to create a test that will significantly reduce the time it takes to diagnose the disease.Hong Kong said it has assigned a team of scientists to develop a test that will hopefully cut the time it takes to diagnose the new swine flu strain from a few days to a few hours.


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