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Page: << Prev | 1 | 2 | 3 On Friday, a judge in New York state halted mandatory flu vaccinations for health-care workers. New York is the only state to require health-care workers to be vaccinated against the seasonal and swine flu. The restraining order came in response to a lawsuit filed by three nurses who said mandatory vaccinations violated their civil rights, The New York Times reported.
Also Friday, Minnesota agricultural officials said preliminary tests showed that three pigs in the state may have contracted the swine flu virus, making them the first potential U.S. cases in swine.
The officials stressed the finding does not threaten food safety.
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The samples were taken from pigs shown at the Minnesota State Fair between Aug. 26 and Sept. 1 as part of a university research project. The officials said they expect results next week to confirm whether the pigs were infected with the H1N1 swine flu virus, the Associated Press reported.
The pigs did not show signs of sickness and officials said they likely contracted the virus from some of the nearly 1.8 million people who visited the fair, the news services said.
The chances of a pig infecting a person with swine flu is considered remote. But, the animals can act as "mixing vessels" if they catch two different strains of the disease at the same time, potentially giving rise to a mutated version of the flu. Officials said there's no evidence that has happened, the AP said.
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For more on H1N1 swine flu, visit Flu.gov.
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