Swine Flu

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The 2009 flu pandemic is a global outbreak of a new strain of influenza virus, officially named the "new H1N1", first identified in April 2009, and commonly called "Swine flu." It is thought to be a mutation of four known strains of the influenza A virus, subtype H1N1: one endemic in (normally infecting) humans, one endemic in birds, and two endemic in pigs (swine). Experts assume the virus "most likely" emerged from pigs in Asia, and was carried to North America by infected persons. There is also evidence that the new strain had been circulating among pigs on other continents for years before infecting humans. But transmission is human to human, with cooked pork products safe to eat as the virus cannot be transmitted by eating foods.

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Pandemic H1N1/09 Influenza
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Electron microscope image of the reassorted H1N1 influenza virus. The viruses are ~100 nanometres in diameter.[1]
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Mexico health sec: Swine flu way up after low year
The Associated Press - 6 days, 15 hours ago
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Swine flu is back in Mexico, the epicenter of a world pandemic three years ago that panicked people around the globe. The country registered more cases of all types of flu and more incidents of the H1N1 strain, originally called ...
Swine Flu Cases Rising in Mexico - French Tribune - 5 days, 22 hours
Mexico sees surge of swine flu as authorities urge calm - GlobalPost - 6 days, 13 hours
Swine flu cases fit 'normal' pattern, Mexican authorities say - The Australian Eye - 6 days, 13 hours
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More Swine Flu Screening as Cases Increase in Mexico
Fox News - 1 week, 3 days ago
Getty Print Email Share Comments Recommend Tweet Related Stories CDC surveys find swine flu vaccination rates highest in New England, lowest in the South 4 People Die From Swine Flu in Northern Mexico Swine flu provides test run for next epidemic, ...
Mexico says swine flu cases up this year, institutes screening program for schools - Washington Post - 1 week, 4 days
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Swine flu spikes in Mexico after hiatus, but government says cases are within ...
Washington Post - 6 days, 16 hours ago
MEXICO CITY — Swine flu is back in Mexico, the epicenter of a world pandemic three years ago that panicked people around the globe. The country registered more cases of all types of flu and more incidents of the H1N1 strain, originally called swine ...
Swine flu returns to Mexico - DigitalJournal.com - 4 days, 18 hours
Mexican health officials keep careful eye on Swine flu spike - CBS News - 6 days, 14 hours
With memories of the 2009 pandemic, Mexico braces for flu season - Los Angeles Times - 6 days, 14 hours
Doctors Urge Vaccinations After Swine Flu Found in Mexico - CBS Local - 4 days, 17 hours
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Mexico sees spike in swine flu after two years of low transmission
News-Medical.net - 4 days ago
"There have been 1623 cases of all strains of flu in Mexico recorded so far for January, 90 percent of them H1N1 [swine flu]," compared to "about 1000 flu cases in Mexico during all of last year," of which roughly 250 cases were swine flu, ...
Mexico Fears Second Outbreak of H1N1 as Cases Climb - Fox News - 4 days, 16 hours
Officials worried about Swine Flu outbreak along the border - KGBT-TV - 4 days, 19 hours
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NATURAL HEALTH: Is HPV worse than vaccine?
Niagara Gazette - 16 hours, 56 minutes ago
By Catherine Stack Niagara Gazette NIAGARA FALLS — A few years back I wrote an article that questioned the effectiveness and potentially exposed some risks associated with the Swine flu vaccine. I was slammed with both positive and negative emails.


Parents led the way in reacting to the H1N1 influenza epidemic
Medill Reports: Chicago - 1 week, 6 days ago
by Gloria Oh The potential danger to their children determined how vigilantly Gen X adults followed the 2009 swine flu epidemic. That's the finding of a new study published by the University of Michigan examining how younger adults reacted to the H1N1 ...
How Did Generation X Respond to the H1N1 'Swine' Flu Epidemic? - U.S. News & World Report - 1 week, 6 days
Generation X: How young adults deal with influenza - Medical Xpress - 2 weeks
Mexico identifies 573 H1N1 cases - Vaccine News Daily (blog) - 1 week, 6 days
Mexico toll hits nine from swine flu - Sky News Australia - 2 weeks
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No Flu Shots for Most Late-Thirtysomethings During Swine Flu Outbreak
ABC News - 2 weeks ago
Flu normally hits hardest in January or February, and infectious disease specialists say so far, this season has been very mild. But there are reports that nine people have died from swine flu this season in Mexico -- where the first swine flu outbreak ...


Cases of H1N1 virus have broken into Centinela State Prison
KSWT-TV - 6 hours, 54 minutes ago
But here in the Desert Southwest several swine flu virus have popped up. "We have 3 confirmed cases of the H1N1 virus and those folks have been quarantined as well as the people un that housing unit," Nancy Kincaid of California Prison Health care ...


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