The news in the United Kingdom, as with most other countries, has been dominated with news of the swine flu outbreak in Mexico and around the world. The British government has been pretty quick off the mark to respond to public worries about the spread of the H1N1 virus and have produced this public [...]
This is an excellent watch for anybody looking for plain and simple swine flu facts. Well known British doctor, Dr. Hillary did a segment on the British breakfast show GMTV where he took questions sent in by real members of the public. He took each question regarding the H1N1 virus and gave it a [...]
Until now all of the swine flu deaths have been in Mexico but now the first death outside of Mexico has taken place. The first swine flu death in the United States has been a 23 month old baby from Texas. Reports surrounding the US swine flu death suggest that the baby had [...]
The death toll in Mexico due to the swine flu outbreak now officially numbers 159. Mexican Health Minister Jose Angel Cordova says that there are a suspected 2,500 cases of swine flu in Mexico with more than 1,300 of those people in hospital with swine flu symptoms. People in Mexico have been told to [...]
Most of the focus on the swine flu outbreak has been on where it might show up next. Yet, a big part of the Mexican flu is finding out where is started. Many believe that swine flu patient zero is a little boy in Mexico called Edgar Hernandez. People in his Mexican [...]
Every few hours another confirmed case of a person displaying swine flu symptoms is popping up somewhere around the globe. With such an widespread swine flu outbreak looking impossible to stop the World Health Organization was prompted to make a statement warning the nations of the world to prepare for a swine flu pandemic. [...]
People are understandably concerned about the potential for catching swine flu during the current outbreak of the Mexican flu. However, with concern often comes a bit of panic and rumor. One of the latest swine flu rumors to circulate is that swine flu can be caught from eating pork. Officials have gone [...]
This recently swine flu outbreak isn’t the first time that there has been concern over a version of swine flu. In 1976, there was a public health scare that also focused around the potential spread of swine flu. The US government implemented a swine flu vaccination program in an attempt to stop [...]
The spread of the swine flu outbreak continues. The latest confirmed case of swine flu in the United States had surfaced in Indiana. A student at Notre Dame reported swine flu symptoms earlier in the week. The results confirming the swine flu infection have been returned which forced the Indiana government to make [...]
The world moved a step closer to a global swine flu pandemic as the World Health Organization confirms that they are aware of 73 official cases of swine flu around the world. They spokesperson for the WHO conceded that there are likely more cases but could only discuss those which have been properly confirmed [...]
