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"What the epidemiologists are seeing now with this particular strain of U.N. is that the severity of the disease, the severity of the flu -- how sick you get -- is not stronger than regular seasonal flu, " Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Monday as the worldwide number of confirmed cases of swine flu -- technically known as 2009 H1N1 virus -- topped 1, 080.

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It is only the third disease to be given an officially observed day by the U.N.

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Shares slipped slightly, as investors were disappointed that there wasn't more visibility for new medicines for heart disease and cancer, the leading causes of death in the U.S. Meanwhile, in Whitehouse Station, N.

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