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…