Symptoms of Swine Flu, the H1N1 Pandemic: Prevention and Treatments

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]