President declares swine flu a national emergency
Posted: October 25, 2009 at 5:46 a.m.
Yvette Calderon, 6, receives an intranasal swine-flu vaccine Saturday at a free drive-through clinic in The Woodlands, Texas.
President Barack Obama declared the swine flu outbreak a national emergency, giving his health chief the power to let hospitals move emergency rooms off-site to speed treatment and protect uninfected patients.
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