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AFP - Australia on Thursday reported two new infections of swine flu in a young child and a Mexican woman, raising the country’s cases to seven as authorities closed a school and warned the virus would “inevitably” spread.

AFP - The World Health Organisation reported a rise of almost 800 in swine flu infections and five new deaths Thursday, with 11,034 people now confirmed as having contracted the disease which has killed 85.

AFP - A month after the world was alerted to a potential flu pandemic, the WHO was caught Thursday between the spread of the new swine flu virus to 41 countries and doubts fostered by its mild symptoms.

Reuters - The head of the World Health Organization said on Thursday she would not hesitate to raise the global pandemic alert to the top of the six-point scale if the new H1N1 flu is spreading globally.

AFP - South Korea’s top court on Thursday authorised doctors to halt life-sustaining treatment for a comatose woman, approving a request for euthanasia for the first time in the country.

AP - Got stress? Oh, yeah, college students say, what with roommates, GPAs, student loans and all the rest.

AP - Marcos Antonio Sanchez went from being an outgoing 21-year-old to Utah’s first swine flu fatality in less than a week.

AP - The search for a Minnesota mother who fled with her 13-year-old cancer-stricken son to escape court-ordered chemotherapy has turned to Southern California after authorities received a tip.

AFP - South Korea’s top court on Thursday authorised doctors to halt life-sustaining treatment for a comatose woman, approving a request for euthanasia for the first time in the country.

AP - No one has identified ground zero in the swine flu epidemic. Just where or when the new strain of influenza first jumped from a pig and began infecting people is a scientific mystery — one that a group of flu detectives is determined to solve.