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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention plans to probe samples collected from a fatal influenza infection in Brazil, the World Health Organization announced, after investigators discovered the death was caused by an H1N1 variant spreading in pigs.  Occasional so-called "spillovers" of H1N1 swine flu have been spotted throughout the world in people who interacted with infected pigs. However, it is unclear how the patient in this case caught the virus. The patient, a 42-year- old woman living in the Brazilian state of Paraná, never had direct contact with pigs.  Two of her close contacts worked at a nearby pig farm, investigators found, but both have tested negative for influenza and never had respiratory symptoms. 

A coroner has issued a warning about the potentially suicidal side effects of a common NHS antibiotic after a retired doctor killed himself a week after prescribing it.   Robert Stevenson, a respected and experienced cardiologist, had no history of depression or mental health problems before starting treatment with ciprofloxacin. Dr Stevenson, 63, was told of a 'rare link' to suicidal behavior in patients taking the drug because it did not meet medical guidelines.   Now West Yorkshire Coroner Martin Fleming has issued a warning to highlight the dangers of taking antibiotics, which are prescribed by health workers for serious conditions.