Until now, all cases of swine flu in the United Kingdom were confirmed in people that had been to Mexico. Now, the first case of human to human transmission of swine flu in the United Kingdom has been confirmed. Graeme Pacitti, 24, from Falkirk in Scotland is a friend of Iain and Dawn Askham. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Probably the most striking image of the swine flu outbreak in Mexico has been the many people that have been shown wearing swine flu masks. People coming off flights from Mexico are nearly all wearing these swine flu masks in an attempt to protect both themselves and anybody else that may come in contact [...]
