Pharmaceutical companies around the world are hard at work to develop a vaccine that minimizes or eliminates a person’s chance of getting the H1N1 swine flu now sweeping the globe in pandemic proportion.  For some of these drug companies, the…

One of the most alarming aspects of the H1N1 swine flu virus isn’t necessarily that it’s spread around the world and has now reached pandemic proportions.  It’s that the current virus, which, in general, causes a rather mild form of…

Schools all across the United States are on the verge of closing but, this time, it’s for the summer holidays and not the swine flu.  That doesn’t mean swine flu is no longer cause for alarm, though.  The latest news…

It’s just too soon to say for sure but officials at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have evidence that suggests people 60 years old and older may have a natural immunity to the new swine flu…

Although concern over swine flu seems to be easing off, influenza experts say there remains a very high likelihood the flu will return when flu season begins in October.  Further concern is that the influenza virus will have mutated into…

Earlier today, Dr. Richard Besser announced the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is rethinking its current recommendation for closing schools when students or faculty become sick with the H1N1 influenza virus.  Besser is the acting chief of…

Dr. Richard Besser, acting director for the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), is urging Americans to go out and live life, even amidst the spread of swine flu.  He says this is no time for healthy individuals…

In the last few days, the words swine and flu have been two of the busiest buzz words on the internet.  Public interest in the unfolding swine flu epidemic has sent so many people turning to the internet for information…

This year’s flu season has gotten off to a late start but infections are on the rise and public health officials are urging people of every age to get a flu vaccination if they haven’t done so already.  As a…

Researchers at the University of Michigan’s (UM’s) School of Public Health just released the first-year findings of a study of successful non-pharmaceutical methods that might reduce the risk of developing influenza, or the flu.  It seems wearing a face mask…

Fruits and vegetables contain a substance, quercetin, that has shown promise as an anti-viral agent in multiple studies. A new study, however, has isolated the effects of quercetin on the influenza virus and the results seem to be that it’s…

The typical vaccination for influenza contains three strains of the influenza virus, carefully chosen to bring the greatest relief to the largest audience. One or two of those virus strains changes each year, based on year-round, worldwide collaboration on influenza…

The final results of a study involving thousands of male and female pneumonia patients, aged from 65 to 94, has revealed a questionable degree of benefit of annual influenza vaccinations in the elderly population.  In spite of the findings, however,…

News published online Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) includes statistics for this year’s influenza season. It was the worst of the last three seasons.