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April 29, 2009 — Thank you for visiting the Director's Blog!  This site will be utilized during non-emergency periods for periodic updates from the staff of IUPUI's Office of Emergency Preparedness.  During this pandemic, all blog posts will be articles that are located on the main Emergency Preparedness homepage.  Please visit us often, and also visit the IU system page, www.indianauniversity.info .

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Swine Flu Update Monday April 27 8:00 PM

April 27, 2009 — The staff of IUPUI and Indiana University Bloomington are monitoring the swine flu situation and making preparations in case this strain turns into a pandemic.  This strain of H1N1 virus is novel and contains two genes that have never been seen in swine flu viruses in North America.  In the U.S., all of the cases have not involved contact with pigs; they have all been human-to-human transmission.  Some of the U.S. cases involved recent travel to Mexico. 

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