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Business security HEADLINE: Mexico Under Siege SUMMARY: Monterrey, Mexico's business capital and richest city, has become embroiled in the country’s escalating drug war, prompting an outcry from business leaders for more soldiers to stem the violence. Recent incidents include the murder of a suburban mayor, armed gangs blocking city streets and attacks against small businesses on the city's outskirts. U.S. businesses with a major presence in Monterrey include Whirlpool and GE.

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A Las Vegas Hospital is under heavy criticism and could be fined for a misguided terrorism training exercise. In the scenario, unaware and panicked nurses, doctors and other employees were herded into a break room by an armed intruder, leaving critically ill patients unattended. The hospital’s COO told state investigators that the three employees who cooked up the exercise failed to tell administrators or anyone in the intensive care unit. Two of the employees involved in planning the drill were

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Decisions by the nation’s medical leadership and some good fortune are playing integral roles in the containment of the H1N1 pandemic, pending the expected third wave. Vaccine supply and dosage, combined with consumer education by health officials have helped control the spread of the virus and disruption to the economy.

The Trust for America’s Health released a report this week detailing the country’s overall lack of preparedness for disasters ranging from a flu pandemic to biological attacks. Many states still don’t have the required stockpiles of drugs, masks, gloves and other necessary equipment, and funding for preparedness on the state and local level has declined by 25 percent in the last three years.

Although the CDC recommends healthcare workers be among the first to be vaccinated for swine flu, a recent survey found weaknesses in preparation, and nurses at the University of California at San Francisco Medical Center rallied for better precautions following the death of a colleague. Survey findings include that more than one-third of hospitals had failed to properly explain swine flu policies and nurses in more than 10 percent of hospitals did not have access to the recommended N95 masks.

Like the 1918-19 Spanish flu that killed millions, the novel H1N1 strain is more likely to cause pneumonia than regular flu viruses because it has a greater ability to infect the lungs, researchers reported this week. Animal testing confirmed other studies that have shown the new swine flu strain spreads more easily beyond the upper respiratory tract to go deep into the lungs.

Gunman Jiverly Wong killed 13 people last week at the American Civic Association in Binghamton, N.Y. Officials are defending the 43 minutes it took for the SWAT team to enter the building after the first 911 call. Medical examiners claim that a shorter response time wouldn’t have saved any lives because of the severity of the injuries. Officials have said Wong was upset about losing his job at a vacuum plant.

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The Virginia Tech shootings records -- many of which will be opened to the public this month under the state's legal settlement with families and victims -- show the extent to which Seung-Hui Cho and his problems were known on campus, a Richmond Times-Dispatch review of the documents has found.

A report released by the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office concluded that disaster relief charities are unprepared for a major catastrophe. Organizations lack trained volunteers and have not dedicated sufficient resources to preparedness. According to the findings, a large-scale disaster would overwhelm voluntary organizations' current sheltering and feeding capabilities.