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Swine Flu is a strain of the influenza virus primarily associated with pigs, and known as swine influenza virus or SIV.

The 2009 swine flu outbreak, largely believed to have originated in Mexico, is believed by health officials to be a new strain of influenza A virus subtype H1N1. The source, though unconfirmed, is likewise thought to be one strain of human influenza virus, one strain of avian influenza virus, and two separate strains of swine influenza virus.

The 2009 outbreak has created enough concern to close schools, and given cause for the World Health Organization (WHO) to issue a Level Four Warning, indicating significant human to human transmission, and considered one level short of a pandemic.

Reports of the outbreak have been confirmed worldwide, including cases in Mexico, Canada, Spain, Scotland, and at least ten states in the U.S. — where President Obama has acknowledged cause for concern. Obama urged citizens who are sick to stay at home, but has also said there is no cause for panic.

On the blogosphere, there is plenty of talk about the Swine Flu at such sites as the Sciencebase Science Blog.



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  • Foreigners excluded from Blue House tours because of swine flu.


    Brian in Jeollanam-do — Authority Authority: 568
    An interesting post on Gusts of Popular Feeling , which shows that although the Blue Houses English-language page says tours of South Koreas executive office are temporarily closed, the Korean-language page says the tours are still on but that children under the age of 18 and foreigners are not permitted to take it. ...
    3 hours ago

  • You Too Can Prevent Swine Flu


    Fine Tuning Health — Authority Authority: 487
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  • Vaccinations of H1N1


    Fine Tuning Health — Authority Authority: 487
    Brought to you by medical insurance quote.Vaccine against seasonal influenza strain H1N1 is not believed to protect us.  Vaccines against the H1N1 Flu to cope with seasonal flu to minimize infection rates are typically developed, and yet annually it still kills around half a million of the world’s population.  ...
    6 hours ago

  • Avoid Swine Flu with Cosmo


    Pinklatex — Authority Authority: 124
    Avoid the swine flu, take precautions!!!Well what should I do? Shit I need to ask Cosmo….
    6 hours ago

  • Information About The Swine Flu Virus, The Simple Precautions That Can Be Taken And What Treatments Are Available


    Home Remedies — Authority Authority: 146
    Today we are ever more at at more risk from various mutations of the influenza virus than we have previously. First we had concerns over bird flu, and more recently swine flu has manifested as a major concern. Swine flu is a greater concern than bird flu. It was feared that bird flu could mutate into a form that could ...
    6 hours ago

  • “WHO Should Just Give Up on the Flu Scare,” my National Post piece


    OpenMarket.org — Authority Authority: 617
    The folks who dubbed the swine flu piglet a pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO), just won’t let up. “It is too early to say whether there has yet been a peak in infections in the northern hemisphere,” Reuters paraphrased the WHO as saying, “and it will be some weeks before there is a downward trend ...
    7 hours ago

  • Vaccine production: a billion chicken eggs


    Cold Fusion Guy — Authority Authority: 141
    How the H1N1 vaccine is made Excerpt: The most striking feature of the H1N1 flu vaccine manufacturing process is the 1,200,000,000 chicken eggs required to make the 3 billion doses of vaccine that may be required worldwide. There are entire chicken farms in the US and around the world dedicated to producing eggs ...
    7 hours ago

  • The Highly Profitable Business of Vaccines


    Holy Hormones, Honey! — Authority Authority: 143
    eTagLive Exactly how the swine flu story will play out remains to be seen, but there is one business sector that may secretly be hoping for the worst — vaccine manufacturers, that are more than $1 billion richer, a number that will soar far higher if, in fact, the winter outbreak is as bad as many fear. ...
    8 hours ago

  • Don’t Fear the Flu - Arm Yourself with the Facts


    COPD News Of The Day — Authority Authority: 121
    NIH News In Health - December IssueScary stories about the 2009 H1N1 flu are sure to get your attention. A lot of people are worried and confused as this new virus spreads across the globe. But it’s not fundamentally different from the seasonal flu we see every year. Learn the facts about H1N1 and how [...]
    9 hours ago

  • Linas Kleiza catches the Swine Flu


    Interbasket — Authority Authority: 478
    After leading Olympiacos with 19 fourth-quarter points in a comeback win against Entente Orleanaise on Thursday night, Linas Kleiza has come down with the Swine Flu. ( Talk Euroleague Basketball in our forum ) The virus knocked Kleiza out of commission for an undetermined amount of time. Kleiza is Olympiacos’ ...
    11 hours ago

  • Information About Swine Flu, The Simple Precautions You Should Take And The Treatments Available


    Health Choices — Authority Authority: 152
    We are more at a greater risk from various strains of the flu virus than we have been for a very long time. First we had great concerns about bird flu, and more recently swine flu has manifested as a major concern. Swine flu is of more problem than bird flu. It was a worry that bird flu may change into a strain that ...
    13 hours ago

  • Swine flu in dogs?


    Island Tails| Island Tails blog, honoluluadvertiser.com | Honolulu, Hawaii — Authority Authority: 129
      Pet dogs were seen wearing masks after local media reported that two dogs were infected with H1N1 flu virus in Beijing, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2009. (AP Photo) *** Oh no, not dogs too! There was a cat in Iowa that caught the flu from the owner in October.  Lets hope this disease can get contained quickly. ...
    13 hours ago

  • One swine flu death in Chandigarh, seven new cases


    Thaindian News — Authority Authority: 727
    Chandigarh, Dec 5 (IANS) At least one person has died and seven others have tested positive for swine flu in this union territory, taking the total number of people affected by the influenza A(H1N1) virus to nearly 150, a health official said Saturday.“A swine flu patient who was on ventilator for the last few days ...
    16 hours ago

  • Agriflu Gets Approval For Seasonal Flu, There is No Seasonal Flu


    Ahrcanum "ahR-Kah-noom" > secret secrets — Authority Authority: 128
      In it’s infinite wisdom,  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved yet another seasonal flu vaccine on Friday, November 27, 2009. Agriflu, manufactured by Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics in Siena, Italy, was approved for people ages 18 years and older to prevent the seasonal flu (influenza ...
    16 hours ago

  • H1 eNi 1?


    Crocodile's Tales — Authority Authority: 112
    I spent the last couple of days agonising over whether or not I had the H1N1 virus.It started with a short visit to the Post Office. The sun happened to peep out from under its covers on Wednesday, and so I strapped the (protesting) little one into his buggy and went out. Little did I [...]
    17 hours ago

  • Swine Flu Continues To Wane


    Latest Newspaper Headlines | Current Events — Authority Authority: 447
    A US health official reported Friday, from a high of 48 just two weeks ago, there has been a decline in the number of states reporting widespread swine flu activity to just 25 this week. Meanwhile, Dr. Thomas R. Frieden, Director of the U. S. Centres for Disease Control and Prevention reporting during an afternoon ...
    17 hours ago

  • H1N1 pandemic ending with a whimper, not a bang


    CKA Canadian News — Authority Authority: 168
    the proportion of people infected with a disease who die of it — at less than 0.1 per cent, placing human swine flu in a category 1 pandemic, the lowest level of severity for a worldwide disease outbreak. Swine flus case fatality rate is less than what w
    18 hours ago

  • The H1N1 Virus (Swine Inlfuenze): Recent Update


    Neversomeday.com — Authority Authority: 152
    As everyone know, Swine Influenza, also called the H1N1 virus, is increasingly becoming a great source of concern. Although the symptoms of swine flu are generally similar to ordinary flu and the mortality rate is very low, the fear is that there will be a mutation and it would significantly more lethal. More ...
    19 hours ago

  • Physician Offers Tips To Avoid Flu Infection


    Health News from Medical News Today — Authority Authority: 695
    National Handwashing Awareness Week is from Dec. 6 to 12, and a Geisinger physician advises that with the presence of the H1N1 virus this year, handwashing is more important than ever. "Washing your hands is one of the simplest and most effective ways to avoid infections such as H1N1 and seasonal influenza," said ...
    22 hours ago

  • H1N1 swine flu cases on decline in U.S.


    Health Fitness & Beauty - health-fitness.marc8.com — Authority Authority: 160
    The pandemic has peaked. Swine flu cases nationwide are on the decline, just as the vaccine against the H1N1 virus has become widely available, federal officials said Friday.
    1 day ago

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