An unknown number of hijackers took control of a plance from Cancun to Mexico City Wednesday afternoon and threatened to blow up the plane unless they could speak to Mexican President Felipe Calderon, Mexican networks Azteca TV reports.

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Hijackers are holding a flight from Cancun to Mexico City.

Mexico Communications Secretary Juan Molinar says the plane is sitting on the runway at the Mexico City international airport.

EUGENE, Ore. -- Lane County now has eight confirmed cases of H1N1 swine flu, up from the five confirmed cases reported Tuesday.

Statewide, public health officials have confirmed 45 cases of the flu.

This is a press release courtesy Eugene School District

Three 4J schools that were closed as a precautionary measure today will return to their usual schedules tomorrow.

Kelly Middle School, Harris/Eastside Elementary School, and Charlemagne at Fox Hollow were closed today to allow public health officials to investigate the possibility of flu transmissions. No indication of widespread flu cases was found, and public health officials have recommended that the schools be reopened. All 4J schools will be open on their regular schedules tomorrow

Following new recommendations from the Oregon Public Health Division and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Lane County Public Health officials are not currently advising school closures for suspected or confirmed cases of H1N1 Influenza.

Oregon health officials have now confirmed 5 cases of H1N1 flu in Lane County and 21 statewide. But health officials said Tuesday will be the last regular press briefing since the outbreak is behaving more or less like seasonal influenza.

McALLEN, Texas (AP) — Texas health officials have confirmed the first death of a United States resident with swine flu.

Few details have been released, but officials say the flu victim was a woman who lived in Cameron County, along the U.S.-Mexico border, and had other, chronic health problems.

Crews are cleaning three public schools closed Tuesday due to swine flu, and a private school that planned to stay closed until next week has re-evaluated that decision after federal officials said schools don't need to close in response to confirmed cases of flu.

Key developments on swine flu outbreaks, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, World Health Organization, and government officials:

This is a press release courtesy Eugene School District 4J

Superintendent George Russell, in discussion and collaboration with public health officials, has decided to temporarily close the three schools as a precautionary measure. Kelly Middle School, Harris/Eastside Elementary School, and Charlemagne French Immersion School at Fox Hollow will be closed on Tuesday, May 5, to allow public health officials to investigate whether any transmission of possible H1N1 is likely. While the schools are closed, facilities crews will thoroughly sanitize the school buildings. Families are being notified using the school district’s phone autodialer. All other 4J schools will remain open on Tuesday.

Try flipping through any news station or browsing through any Web site without swine flu headlines catching your eye.Swine flu has become a household name as the cases continue to rise.

EUGENE, Ore. -- A confirmed case of H1N1 flu in an elementary student at a private school has prompted county health officials and the school administration to cancel classes until at least May 11.

The closure of the non-profit Oak Hill School affects all 138 students in grades K-12. An elementary age student there is among the four Lane County residents with a confirmed case of H1N1 flu, the troublesome bug also called swine flu.

Two confirmed cases of H1N1 flu and a probable case, all with connections to schools, have prompted officials to close four Lane County schools. All told, Lane County has four of the state's 17 confirmed cases of the flu, also known as swine flu.

SALEM, Ore. (AP) - State health officials say the number of confirmed swine flu cases in Oregon has jumped to 17 - up from three confirmed cases.

However, public health director Mel Kohn says while that appears to be a big jump, it means that state health officials have confirmed the presence of swine flu in 14 of 19 cases that earlier were listed as probable.

This is a press release courtesy of Eugene School District 4J

Beginning Friday, several suspected and probable cases of 2009 Influenza A H1N1 (“swine flu”) have been identified in Lane County.  As announced on Friday, one of the probable cases involves a student at Harris/Eastside Elementary School. Since that release, a staff member at second 4J school, Kelly Middle School, also has been identified as having a probable case of H1N1. 
 

SPRINGFIELD, Ore. -- A patient with a suspect case of H1N1 flu was reported by a Springfield, Ore., hospital, and a member of the staff of Kelly Middle School in Eugene, Ore., is home recovering from a suspected case of the flu.

ATLANTA (AP) — U. S. health officials are taking another look at their advice about closing schools because of swine flu.

The acting chief of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday that one reason to close schools is to prevent the virus from spreading to the community. But in the case of school clusters reported so far, the virus was already in the wider community.

NORTH BEND, Ore. (AP) — The North Bend School District is asking its students to return after a rapid test on a student thought to have the flu came back negative.

The teen had shown symptoms similar to swine flu on Friday, prompting Superintendent BJ Hollensteiner to close schools at least until Tuesday.

EUGENE, Ore. -- There are two "probable" cases of swine flu in Lane County, and another two "suspected" cases. On Saturday, health officials said two of those cases were kids from two different Eugene schools.

According to Betsy Meredith, R.N., the two kids are friends. One is a student at Oak Hill School. The other goes to Harris-Eastside Elementary and also attends Moss Street Children's Center at the University of Oregon. They are both about seven years old. Meredith said these cases could be just the tip of the iceberg.

This is a press release courtesy of the UO

Suspected H1N1 flu case connected to the UO’s child care facilities

On Friday, May 1, a suspected case of H1N1 influenza was discovered in an elementary school-age child who attends the Moss Street Children’s Center on the University of Oregon campus.

May 1, 2009

Dear parents,

We're sending you the attached information to keep you fully informed. Today we learned of a suspected case of swine flu in a child at the Moss Street Children's Center.

This is a press release courtesy of the State of Oregon

As of late Friday, Oregon had identified five probable cases of H1N1 influenza virus with additional specimens being tested at the Oregon State Public Health Laboratory in Hillsboro. State public health officials expect to know in the next few days whether any of the five cases are confirmed as H1N1.

Press release courtesy Eugene School District 4J

H1N1 Flu: Suspected case involves Harris/Eastside student

Lane County Public Health announced this afternoon that three suspected cases of H1N1 flu have been identified in Lane County.  One of the affected individuals is a student at Harris/Eastside Elementary School in southeast Eugene.  We are all wishing this young student a quick return to good health.

Dear Harris/Eastside Parent,

We learned today that a student at our school has a suspected case of the H1N1 flu virus.  The case has not been confirmed, and we expect the CDC will have test results in the next few days.