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Swine Flu May Spread During the Holidays, Warns CDC
We know that we just reported how incidents of swine flu seem to be on a decline, but the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) nevertheless warns of how this trend might change over the holidays. Just as there were concerns expressed over...
Tips for Swine Flu Protection to Pregnant and Breastfeeding Women
Pregnant women are in high risk of acquiring the swine flu virus. It is then necessary to give them proper protection from this condition. The protection must also extend up to the time that they will be breastfeeding their newborns. Protection fro...
Swine Flu Death Among Children Rise
Even as the distribution of swine flu vaccine is ongoing across America, the number of deaths among young people due to swine flu continues to rise. This will probably give parents more reason to have their children as well as themselves vaccinated, ...
Before the H1N1 Pandemic: A Brief History of H1N1
June 11, 2009 marks the day that the A(H1N1) influenza outbreak was declared by the World Health Organization as a global pandemic. This was the first time that the WHO has put up an alert level 6 against such an outbreak since the 1968 Hong Kong Fl...
Can My Pets Get Sick of Swine Flu?
If you have a cat or a dog at home, it is only natural for you to worry about them getting sick of the swine flu. That is because pets are indiscriminating when it comes to the things they get into contact with and you can never be sure whether the ...
Swine Flu Vaccination: What You Should Know
The initial doses of swine flu vaccine are being administered to recipients who are high up in the priority list as we speak, and with a relatively new illness such as H1N1, it is not surprising that there are a lot of questions on people’s minds. ...
9 Tips for Caring for Patients with Swine Flu at Your Home
In many ways, swine flu is just like seasonal flu in that they show the same symptoms and are treated in the same manner. There are many ways by which a swine flu patient can be effectively cared for at home without causing the other members of the ...
U.S. Health Workers Prepare for Flu Season
Although we have been inundated by swine flu news and concerns since the summer, the annual influenza season officially starts today. Swine flu, however, has been around for quite some time and cases upon cases have already been identified and treate...
H1N1 Now Present in 50 States
The H1N1 virus has now spread over the entirety of the U.S., a state that hadn’t been expected until later this fall when the usual flu season begins. While only 11 of these states (Arizona, Alaska, Oklahoma, and Maryland among them) have dealt wit...
Swine Flu Vaccine – Advantages and Disadvantages
One of the most awaited developments in the fight against the swine flu pandemic is the news that a swine flu vaccine will become available by September of 2009. Despite this groundbreaking news, however, surveys and studies have revealed that the p...
Can My Pets Get Sick of Swine Flu?
Is it possible for your pet dog or cat to get sick of the swine flu? That is a question that bothers many homeowners because pets are less discriminating than their owners regarding what they touch. They can attack anything out of mere curiosity wi...
Three Main Differences between Swine Flu and Bird Flu
This year’s swine flu pandemic has caused a lot of fear and worry among people across the world. And yet, some of the flu cases that were reported this year were caused not by the swine flu virus but by the bird flu virus. Such developments h...
Swine Flu is More Dangerous for Pregnant Women
According to a study printed in The Lancet, pregnant women could be at a much higher risk when they contract the H1N1 swine flu. The affects of the virus are believed to travel much faster through a pregnant woman’s body and as a result can hit her...
WHO to Declare A(H1N1) Pandemic
As cases of (A)H1N1 flu continue to rise in countries across the globe, albeit mostly mild and requiring no treatment, World Health Organization Chief Dr. Margaret Chan has expressed that a pandemic may already be under way. An announcement towards t...
H1N1 Surpasses the 10,000 Mark Worldwide
The World Health Organization announced last Tuesday that the number of H1N1 flu cases worldwide has surpassed 10,000 cases, with 10,176 people diagnosed and at least 80 deaths attributed to it, mostly in Mexico. At this rate, this figure is only the...
H1N1 Alert: How to Protect Pregnant Women from the Flu
The recent pandemonium of sorts that was caused by H1N1 flu has affected my globetrotting ways somewhat, as I have decided to cancel trips to far-flung places at least until options towards protection – such as a vaccine – are made available. Her...
Beware of Swine Flu Scammers!
It is disheartening to note that while most of us are concerned about swine flu and there a some out there who are currently suffering from it, there are others who are out to make an extra buck out of someone else’s panic, fear or misery. The Bett...
U.S. Declares Public Health Emergency Due Swine Flu Concern
Yesterday, the United States declared a state of public health emergency amidst rising concern about the swine flu virus. The announcement was made by Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano, who said further that this is standard operating p...
