I am writing today to announce the closure of the New Mexico Independent. After three and a half years of operation in New Mexico, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news…
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Roughly one quarter of University of New Mexico students are unimpressed with the state’s flagship public school, according to a survey that questioned college students about their higher education experiences.
New Mexico is investigating nearly 50 potential H1N1, or “swine,” flu cases according to KRQE. There are still no confirmed cases of the swine flu in New Mexico.
This doesn’t include the death of the death of a Las Cruces boy which was ruled today to be unrelated to the swine flu.
From KRQE:
It’s taking the state longer to test possible cases because state officials don’t yet have the equipment to positively identify the strain.
Earlier this week, officials thought they’d have the kits by the end of the week, but the kits were delayed until next week.
Governor Bill Richardson announced yesterday that the state was sending two potential cases of the swine flu to the Centers for Disease Control to determine whether or not they were swine flu or a different strain of the flu.
Scientists, meanwhile, are saying that the swine flu is a relatively mild strain of the virus. Scientists previously feared that it would be a repeat of the 1918 flu pandemic that killed millions worldwide.
As of now, there are only 109 confirmed cases of the swine flu in the United States and just one death. That death was a two-year old boy visiting Texas from Mexico.
Worldwide, there have been just 257 confirmed cases of the swine flu according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
Despite the name of the strain of flu, the WHO says there is “no risk of infection from this virus from consumption of well-cooked pork and pork products.”
