Where do we stand with swine flu, more properly known as the influenza type A H1N1 virus? One contact told me there have been 37,000 cases in Louisiana alone, others are reporting similarly scary-sounding numbers in other parts of the world. None of these figures is as high as incidence rates for the annual seasonal [...]

Just as flu discussions went cold influenza A-H1N1 wants to talk again. The US was less concerned as the American media continued to bring in scanty reports. The average Joe and Joanne finding flu articles buried here and there on Google. Where were the diehards on search? Over at Flu Wiki most likely. Once the [...]

In 1997 Dr. Margaret Chan (Director-General of the WHO) and Professor Kennedy Shortridge stopped an avian pandemic happening. Shortridge’s solution was a practical hands-on solution and one not based upon a drug cure, for they knew that this would never happen in time. Due to his and Dr. Chan’s swift actions, millions if not hundreds [...]

In the week that one of our local schools was forced to close, we learned that no other schools in our district would be closed because of swine flu (H1N1) incidence. However, the number of confirmed swine flu cases in England has jumped by nearly 20% in a single day, latest figures show. The Health [...]