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Swine flu panic (not the flu itself) inundates doctors, hospitals

Swine flu alarm - more than the flu itself - is in full swing. Doctors' phones are ringing, and at local hospitals like South Nassau Communities Hospital in Oceanside, emergency rooms are handling an influx of people concerned their runny nose, earache or stomachache could be the latest case of swine flu. Most, however, are not. "Most of them are being screened out as not having flu," said Dr. Joshua...

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