Q. Since H1N1 infections are much less widespread right now, do I still need to get a shot?
A. This is actually a two-part question. The first part of your question concerns whether there is reason to believe that there will be a new widespread outbreak or “third wave” of H1N1 infection before the end of [...]
Mail this post I recently read an interesting book called Swine Flu Survival Guide. This book really helped me understand what the world is going through, and how I, an individual, can try and be as safe as I can; in particular I was worried about travel (since this is something that often cannot be avoided), here is [...]
Mail this post Another resource that really helped me deal with this scary pandemic (particularly with a little boy at home – a case of Swine Flu was found at his school!) is the Definitive Resource On Pandemic Influenza , which was written in response to the 2009 H1N1 epidemic.
Generally speaking, what do we know about this new [...]
Mail this post Dr Keiji Fukuda, the Assistant Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) at the press conference on July 7 2009 presented the latest reported figures from 137 countries, territories, and areas reporting confirmed laboratory cases as over 98,000, with over 440 deaths. He stated that the swine flu pandemic continues to evolve quite rapidly with [...]
Mail this post Having a little boy at home makes me particularly eager to learn to how to prevent being infected with swine flu (enough to create an entire website revolving around this subject). The following book, Swine Flu Survival Guide , really helped me get my head wrapped around several prevention topics.
Although in theory we can all [...]
Mail this post What makes swine flu so dangerous is that like all influenza viruses it undergoes the process of antigenic drift. This is when spot mutations occur on the genetic material that causes slight changes in the physical make-up of the virus.
These slight changes are what frustrate scientist’s attempts to create the ultimate vaccination for influenza. Due [...]
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