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http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/world/4675864.html
March 30, 2007, 3:56PM
"Fatal form of dengue fever surges in Mexico"

By MARK STEVENSON
Associated PressMEXICO CITY —

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "More alarming is that a deadly hemorrhagic form of the disease, which adds internal and external bleeding to the symptoms — is becoming more common. It accounts for one in four cases in Mexico, compared with one in 50 seven years ago, according to Mexico's Public Health Department.

While hemorrhagic dengue is increasing around the developing world, the problem is most dramatic in the Americas, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention."

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Mexico Dengue Goes Deadly
Prensa Latina ^ | March 22, 2007

Posted on 03/22/2007 2:08:24 PM PDT by SwinneySwitch

Mexico, One out of every four dengue cases in Mexico is hemorrhagic, the most dangerous and deadly form, Mexican Health Secretary Jose Angel Cordoba asserted.

The fight against dengue is one of the main health programs today, said Cordoba, who called for all social sectors to participate actively in its elimination.

He recalled that there was one case of hemorrhagic dengue in Mexico per every 50 cases of classical dengue seven years ago, but there is one per every four cases now, hence the urgent need to adopt the necessary measures, he explained.

According to an epidemiological general view by the Mexican Health Secretary s Office, there were 4,477 hemorrhagic-dengue cases, which caused 20 deaths.

The official said the most effective way to control the epidemic is to constantly destroy deposits of the virus transmitting agent, the Aedes Aegypti mosquito.

Cordoba visited Quintana Roo state, some 746 miles west of this capital, and called to intensify preventive actions and continue the joint programs among the municipal, state, and federal government levels.

http://www.fda.gov/oc/po/firmrecalls/hills303_07.html

"Recall -- Firm Press Release"

SNIPPET: "FDA posts press releases and other notices of recalls and market withdrawals from the firms involved as a service to consumers, the media, and other interested parties. FDA does not endorse either the product or the company.

Hills Pet Nutrition, Inc. Voluntarily Recalls Single Product, Prescription Diet™ m/d™ Feline Dry Food, Only Product Containing Wheat Gluten"

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Villaraigosa: We Need More Cops To Combat Gangs
CBS 2 LOS ANGELES ^ | 30 MARCH 2007 | AP

Posted on 03/30/2007 5:16:18 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist

(AP) LOS ANGELES -- Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa is calling to expand the police force to a record level by the end of next year to reinforce efforts to combat gangs.

He says the budget he will release next month calls for a net gain of more than 220 officers, which would bring the LAPD past its historic peak of around 9,900 by the end of 2008.

The proposed budget represents the second year of Villaraigosa's five-year effort to expand the police force by 1,000 officers.

The mayor says the boost is necessary to take on the city's 39,000 gang members.

Villaraigosa also said Thursday that he's asked Governor Schwarzenegger for an additional $30 million dollars to fund gang intervention, prevention and suppression programs.

There's no word on whether Schwarzenegger supports the request, but the governor says he does favor working with the mayor to eradicate gang violence.