Fears of a pandemic of the virulent strain of swine flu were spreading at least as fast as the virus that has infected more than 60 people inside the United States and perhaps thousands in Mexico by Tuesday.
As President Obama called for $1.5 billion in funding to respond to the public health crisis, nonprofit aid organization AmeriCares announced it would be sending medical and infection control supplies to help several Texas health clinics treat and prevent the swine flu.
Some clinics report patients with flu symptoms while others are taking precautions to prevent the spread of the disease, the nonprofit said. The shipments include face masks, medicines and other vital supplies.
The flu has been spotted in 45 people in New York and cases have been reported in California, Texas, Kansas and Ohio. As many as 152 deaths in Mexico have been linked to the virus, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported.
"AmeriCares is watching this outbreak very carefully," said Frank Bia, AmeriCares medical director and an expert in infectious disease. "As swine flu infects more people, it can adapt and become more dangerous, like a hurricane picking up strength over warm water."
In addition to Texas, AmeriCares sent a shipment to Mexico which included medicines – antibiotics, fever and pain reducers and an inhalant to help those with breathing problems – and face masks for infection control and nutritional support for people who have been infected, the group said.
The international disaster relief and humanitarian aid organization, established in 1982, has distributed more than $8 billion in humanitarian aid to 137 countries, it said. 
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