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Posted on Thursday, April 30, 2009
Company warned officials of flu 18 days before alert was issued
By Les Blumenthal | McClatchy Newspapers

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WASHINGTON — A Washington state biosurveillance firm raised the first warning about a possible outbreak of swine flu in Mexico more than two weeks before the World Health Organization offered its initial alert about a public health emergency of international concern.

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