Swine Flu Origins Revealed

A new analysis of the current swine-origin H1N1 influenza A virus suggests that transmission to humans occurred several months before recognition of the existing outbreak.

‘Using computational methods, developed over the last ten years at Oxford, we were able to reconstruct the origins and timescale of this new pandemic,’ Read the rest of this entry

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When the first reported cases of A/H1N1 swine flu emerged in April 2009, it was widely believed that the novel influenza strain originated in Mexico. By late June, when evidence failed to materialize confirming a Mexican origin, a new theory hypothesized that A/H1N1 originated in Asia and was transported unintentionally via an unsuspecting human carrier to North America. Read the rest of this entry

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Why You Need To Take The H1n1 Vaccine

Vaccines are the only effective means you will have to protect yourself, your family and your co-workers from potential death from the H1N1 Swine Flu virus. When both the World Health Organization (WHO) and The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) put out a World-wide alert that this disease is serious and will infect hundreds Read the rest of this entry

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Even though enormous packs of ant-viral drugs have been bundled to hospitals and clinics all over the industrialized world is this enough to protect us against the spread of a phase six pandemic?

Sustained human-to-human transmission has been established in a number of countries as far as field as Australia and Indonesia, the warning signs are clear to see, the worst Read the rest of this entry

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Six Ways To Shorten Cold And Flu Symptoms
 by: Constance Weygandt

There are little things we can do everyday to stay healthy. Sometimes, despite our best efforts, we catch a cold or flu. Antibiotics are ineffectual in treating viruses. However, there are some alternative methods we can use to lessen flu and cold symptoms. Here are six:

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Which of the nations would ever deny an alluring life full of good health and a germ-free environment? If a disease as common as a common flu could leave an impact in a number of ways, what could be the fate with the fatal ones? Medically known as Influenza, ‘common flu’ is what it is popularly known as worldwide.

It is not occasional that we encounter the after-effects Read the rest of this entry

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Swine Influenza Pandemic Kits – What You Need To Do About Them Immediately!

So what is an H1N1 flu pandemic kit?

Don’t mistake a swine flu pandemic kit’ with a swine flu test kit’, which is used to endeavor to see if someone has the swine influenza. Simply put, a swine influenza pandemic kit is a an organized set of precautionary guidance and necessities that Read the rest of this entry

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The Fda’s Peramivir H1n1 Swine Flu Experiment

The FDA has now opened the door for widespread human experimentation during this year’s flu season, allowing an antiviral drug called Peramivir to be used even though it has not passed traditional standards of safety testing. Ever since the FDA crafted its Critical Path agenda it has been looking for excuses Read the rest of this entry

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