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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 5741479" data-attributes="member: 92282">U.S. President Barack Obama has declared 2009 H1N1 swine flu a national emergency, the White House said on Saturday.The declaration will make it easier for U.S. medical facilities to handle a surge in flu patients by allowing the waiver of some requirements of Medicare, Medicaid and other federal health insurance programs as needed, the White House said in a statement. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Friday that H1N1 swine flu has become widespread in 46 of the 50 U.S. states, a level comparable to the peak of ordinary flu seasons but far earlier and with more waves of infection expected.<a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/asiaCrisis/idUSN24139386" target="_blank">Reuters</a></blockquote>

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