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About 47M Infected, 10,000 Dead From H1N1 In U.S., CDC Says
U.S. health officials on Thursday announced nearly 10,000 people in the U.S. had died from H1N1 (swine flu) since the virus was first reported in April, the New York Times reports. The latest numbers mark a "significant jump" from CDC's estimate last month of 4,000 deaths in the U.S., the newspaper writes (McNeil, 12/10).
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