Mexican Flu Spreading in US WASHINGTON, DC (Associated Press) - The Health and Human Services Department says it is aggressively tracking a swine flu outbreak in Mexico.

At least two cases of the human swine influenza have been confirmed in Kansas, and at least eight more are suspected in students at a New York City high school, but health officials say they don't know whether they have the same virus that has killed scores of people in Mexico.

HHS spokesman Bill Hall said Saturday the department is working to determine the proper precautions that Americans might need to take.

The World Health Organization says the outbreak has "pandemic potential" and is urging countries to increase their vigilance.

The CDC on Friday told state authorities to intensively search for any unexplained flu illnesses. Now it will have to test samples from cases in this country to see if the reported cases actually match the new virus.
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