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 [...]
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 [...]
Behind every swine flu statistic is a real person. This Texas family is showing swine flu syptoms and so they have been put into quarantine as a precaution. In this interview with Larry King the family put a human face on swine flu quarantine. The mother of the Texas swine flu [...]
All of this buzz about swine flu can mean that the actual swine flu facts get buried amongst rumor. If you are looking for nothing but swine flu facts then check out this video from Dr. Mona. She goes through a series of the most commonly asked swine flu questions and gives a [...]
Everybody is talking about swine flu but what is swine flu anyway? This is an excellent video put together by the Boston Public Health commission that very clearly explains swine flu. The doctor puts swine flu into everyday terms and explains swine flu symptoms and what to do if you think you have swine [...]
Everybody is talking about the swine flu outbreak that is sweeping Mexico. Yet, most of us don’t know the swine flu symptoms. That is only natural because most of us hadn’t even heard of the condition until a couple days ago and now it is near enough the only thing making news. [...]
