The World Health Organization is likely to declare the first flu pandemic in 41 years as swine flu infections continued to climb in the United States, Europe, Australia, South America and elsewhere. Officials say the declaration of a pandemic - a global epidemic - would probably come after a WHO emergency meeting today in Geneva. A "pandemic" label is not a statement on the severity of the virus, only on its geographical spread. The declaration of a pandemic would, however, push drug makers to fast-track production of a swine flu vaccine. CBS News
Two pieces of new evidence suggest that Air France Flight 447 broke up over a number of minutes, rather than in one catastrophic incident, before plunging into the Atlantic Ocean and killing all 228 people aboard. Firstly, bodies from Flight 447 had been picked up from locations more than 50 miles apart. And secondly, a re-analysis of the plane's last automatic transmissions indicated many parts had malfunctioned before it plunged into the Atlantic. Manufacturer Airbus say the investigation re-enforced the belief that the parts measuring air speed were the first to fail. Meanwhile, two terror suspects who died alongside 226 other passengers on the stricken jet have been ruled out as a cause of the disaster. The two men only "shared the same name" as known Islamic radicals, posthumous security checks found. FOX News
President Barack Obama, facing challenges to his ambitious health care overhaul from Congress, is visiting supporters outside the capital and to muster up support and momentum for his plans.
Obama on Thursday readied to fly to Green Bay, Wis., to talk directly with voters about his proposals to spend $1.5 trillion over the next decade to cover uninsured Americans. MSNBC
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