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WASHINGTON (AP) – US health officials are cautiously optimistic that the new swine flu isn't as dangerous as first feared, but urged people to keep taking commonsense precautions — and they can't predict if it will roar back in the fall.

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MEXICO CITY – The swine flu epidemic entered a dangerous new phase Monday as the death toll in Mexico climbed to 149 and the number of suspected cases there and in the United States nearly doubled.

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