Containing the flu virus

After two students diagnosed with Influenza A(H1N1) prompted a 10-day suspension of classes at De la Salle University in Manila, several universities have postponed for a week their school opening as a precautionary measure. The postponement gives school authorities more time...

Letter Reveals Much About 1918 Flu Pandemic

Rather than look at today’s version of a flu pandemic, which involves hundreds of cases at most, I wanted to find out what it was like to live during the influenza outbreak of 1918 when 50 million people around...

Swine Flu Symptoms: Pandemic A/H1N1 Infection Spread by Humans

Swine Flu is not a new illness and is well known to scientists, but the new strain, A/H1N1 is at pandemic proportions and is easily spread by humans which is new.  A version of Swine Flu is seen every year and is often combined with Bird Flu, but the newest version...

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