Late April 2009, there has been a growing concern by people all around the world about the swine flu virus. With the shocking death toll in Mexico and increasing number of confirmed cases in the United States, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Israel and Spain the probability of a pandemic happening becomes increasingly real. The [...]

Certain parties would have contrasting opnions about what one should do doing the swine flu outbreak:
The whole swine flu thing is a complete overblown load of nonsense generally beloved by poticians to distract people from an economic recession. It gives an excuse to be discussing something else instead of badly run economies and the economic [...]

The swine flu outbreak or influenza A(H1N1) is often compared to the 1918 Spanish flu virus. Here are some quick facts about it:

The Spanish flu outbreak in 1918 left 40 million people dead
High number of casualties were mainly caused by the lack of medical care, understanding of infection control and the fact that it happened towards [...]

 
 
Every day, stories of newly identified cases of swine flu or influenza A(H1N1) appear in the newspapers. To what extend has the disease spread? You will find below a summary of confirmed cases and deaths for each country around the world. The cases were confirmed based on laboratory tests while the statistics were obtained from [...]

The World Health Organisation has six (6) phases of preparedness for swine flu ((or Influenza A(H1N1)):
Phase 1 – No new reports of animal viruses infecting humans
Phase 2 – Animal virus known to have infected humans
Phase 3 – Sporadic outbreaks in people. But no sustained community level human-to-human infection
Phase 4 – Community-level human-to-human outbreaks. “Significant increase [...]

 
Pandemic Flu Planning – How to protect yourself from the influenza A(H1N1) virus (or swine flu).
Below are several ways to protect yourselves from swine flu or the influenza A(H1N1) virus:
1. Practise general preventive measures for influenza:

Avoid close contact with people who appear unwell and who have cough and fever
Wash your hands with soap and water [...]

Quick facts about the swine flu virus:

On 30 April 2009, the World Health Orgainsation raised the alert for swine flu to Phase Five, which means that a pandemic is imminent.
A pandemic is a situation where an infectious disease spreads throughout a population in a large region. Region may mean continents, or even globally.
The swine flu could [...]