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An outbreak of avian flu in Mexico has killed at least 870,000 poultry birds since its detection last month but poses no threat to humans, the agriculture ministry said.

The swine flu panic has faded, but the damage could be lasting to Mexico's tourism industry. Millions of dollars of have been lost from the country's third largest source of revenue. The Caribbean resort of Cancun has been particularly hard hit, with 22 hotels closed and about 10,000 workers furloughed.

A Texas woman with the H1N1 flu virus died earlier this week, state health officials said, the second death outside of Mexico, where the epidemic appeared to be waning.

Health secretary says most economic activity will resume Wednesday, ending a five-day closure.

Mexico's swine flu outbreak appeared to be easing on Saturday with a decrease in serious cases, the government said, but world health officials warned the unpredictable virus could still become a pandemic.

The swine flu virus is not as lethal as authorities originally thought, Mexico's health secretary said, though the disease continued ...

The UK advises against all but essential travel to Mexico, where swine flu is believed to have killed almost 150 people.

Health officials around the world worked to contain what appears to be a spreading swine flu outbreak early Monday, while one out of every five residents of Mexico's most populous city wore masks to protect themselves against the virus.

A strain of flu never seen before has killed up to 60 people in Mexico and also appeared in the United States, where eight people were infected but recovered, health officials said on Friday.