
The human swine flu outbreak continues to grow in the United States and internationallly. Today, CDC reports additional cases of confirmed swine influenza and a number of hospitalizations of swine flu patients. Internationally, the situation is more serious too, with additional countries reporting confirmed cases of swine flu. In response to the intensifying outbreak, the [...]
The question is what about the swine flu and illegal immigrants? Considering that 1000′s cross the border each day (estimated 1500 – 2700 daily) one might suspect that we would see a heavy growth of swine flu in the areas where they travel. This looks to be true so far. Prepare For The Swine Flu [...]
MEXICO CITY, April 27 — The suspected death toll from the outbreak of swine flu in Mexico rose Monday to 149 people as health authorities cancelled all schools across the country until May 6. Mexican cabinet officials led by Health Secretary Jose Angel Cordova gave a press conference today in Mexico City with the latest [...]
BOSTON — The Centers for Disease Control said during a press conference Monday that current flu vaccines were ineffective in battling the new strain of swine flu called H1N1. The agency added it was currently in discussions with world health officials as to whether to request drugmakers start work on a vaccine against the current [...]
NEW YORK — The head of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed that 40 people in five states have been sickened with swine flu. Twenty-eight of the 40 cases are clustered at a single private school in Queens, N.Y. Another 17 cases of swine flu are suspected in New York. New York [...]
An outbreak of swine flu dampened tentative hopes for the global economy, sending markets lower on Monday and analysts fear a possible pandemic could force countries further into recession. Asian stocks weakened with worries about a global flu pandemic unnerving financial markets after an outbreak of swine flu in North America hurt shares of airlines [...]
Wall Street struggled to shake flu fears Monday afternoon as stocks dipped back into the red over concerns about how a potential global pandemic will impact the already-weak world economy. Today’s Markets As of 1:45 p.m. EDT, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 44.44 points, or 0.55%, to 8032.16, the S&P 500 sank 7.05 points, [...]
Here is the current tracking data for the swine flu. Prepare For The Swine Flu – See Banner Below Pink markers are suspect Purple markers are confirmed Deaths lack a dot in marker Yellow markers are negative View H1N1 Swine Flu in a larger map
Swine Flu What is Swine Influenza? Swine Influenza (swine flu) is a respiratory disease of pigs caused by type A influenza virus that regularly causes outbreaks of influenza in pigs. Swine flu viruses cause high levels of illness and low death rates in pigs. Swine influenza viruses may circulate among swine throughout the year, but [...]

Update: Swine Influenza A (H1N1) Infections — California and Texas, April 2009 On April 21, 2009, CDC reported that two recent cases of febrile respiratory illness in children in southern California had been caused by infection with genetically similar swine influenza A (H1N1) viruses. The viruses contained a unique combination of gene segments that had [...]