The anticipated fall recurrence of H1N1 influenza is well underway: This rise in flu has happened months before the usual gradual start to seasonal flu in November and December. We’ve known that this new strain of virus has a greater...
Today, the Director-General of the World Health Organization raised the Pandemic Alert level to phase 6. This is the highest level for a global pandemic, in response to the extent of spread of this new H1N1 virus (it's now in...
It seems the Swine flu, now renamed the H1N1 flu, has petered out in the U.S., with the number of new cases reported on the dramatic decline (although pockets of smaller outbreaks persist). The only concerning feature of this pandemic...
There is quite a buzz about the Swine Flu outbreak that began in Mexico and is now gaining ground in the U.S., especially after the US Department of Health and Human Services declared a public health emergency, and the World...
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