16 dead in flu outbreak; Mexico closes schools, studies strain for link to new US fluMEXICO CITY — Mexico City closed schools across the metropolis of 20 million Friday after at least 16 people died and more than 900 others fall ill from what health officials suspect is a new strain of swine flu. World health officials worried that it could mark the start of a flu pandemic. Flu epidemic prompts Mexico City to suspend all school, university classes, as strain studiedMEXICO CITY — Mexico City has suspended classes at schools and universities to contain what could be a new flu strain. US will lead in ending the nearly 1 million deaths annually from malaria by 2015, envoy saysWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is committed to making the United States a global leader in ending the nearly 1 million deaths annually from malaria by 2015, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations says. Africa’s first ladies urge education for girls, better health care for their nationsLOS ANGELES — They have seen each other socially, with their husbands in Washington or at the United Nations, but the 15 African first ladies met this time to speak candidly about problems facing women and children on their home continent. |
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