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Thursday, January 06, 2011  Public Health officials say just before the holiday season, they gave 2,000 less flu vaccines and saw twice as many positive flu cases.

Wednesday, July 22, 2009  Public Health shared the latest on swine flu Wednesday, but Grant says trends and numbers are changing.

Thursday, June 11, 2009  Southwest Georgia, which so far remains free of confirmed cases of the novel H1N1 influenza virus also known as Swine Flu, is unlikely to be affected by the World Health Organization’s declaration that the globe is in the grips of a pandemic.

Thursday, June 11, 2009  World Health Organization likely to declare swine flu pandemic as cases spread worldwide

Monday, May 04, 2009  Spokesman: WHO may raise its alert level to its highest, means pandemic is underway

Wednesday, April 29, 2009  WHO: Swine flu moving closer to becoming a pandemic; US reports 1st death outside Mexico

Tuesday, April 28, 2009  Governor Sonny Perdue has signed a bill that gives him the power to declare a “pandemic influenza” state of emergency.

Tuesday, April 28, 2009  US has prepared to avert the worst if a flu pandemic explodes, now or later

Tuesday, April 28, 2009  Unprecedented global alert sounded as swine flu confirmed in Israel and New Zealand

Monday, April 27, 2009  Doctors say not to panic about Swine Flu, but do practice health precautions.

Monday, April 27, 2009  US responding to swine flu outbreak aggressively, same as if it were pandemic, officials say