<!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec--><!--sizeo:3--><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:100%"><!--/sizeo--><b>WASHINGTON – The U.S. is declaring a public health emergency to deal with the emerging new swine flu.</b><!--sizec--></span><!--/sizec--><br /><br /><!--sizeo:3--><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:100%"><!--/sizeo--><b>The precautionary step doesn&#39;t signal a greater threat to Americans. But it allows the federal and state governments easier access to flu tests and medications.</b><!--sizec--></span><!--/sizec--><br /><br /><!--sizeo:3--><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:100%"><!--/sizeo--><b>Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napilotano says roughly 12 million doses of the drug Tamiflu are being released from a federal stockpile so that states can get it if needed.</b><!--sizec--></span><!--/sizec--><br /><br /><!--sizeo:3--><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:100%"><!--/sizeo--><b>Napilotano said at a White House news conference Sunday that the emergency declaration is standard operating procedure — one was recently declare for the inauguration and for flooding.</b><!--sizec--></span><!--/sizec--><!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->