More Americans Are Washing Their Hands
BOSTON — Swine flu may have scared us straight, or maybe we're finally listening to our mothers. Whatever the reason, Americans are washing thei...
BOSTON — Swine flu may have scared us straight, or maybe we're finally listening to our mothers. Whatever the reason, Americans are washing thei...
Dr. Frank Lipman | Posted 11.17.2011
From what you may have read, you might think that the swine flu vaccine is the answer to swine flu. Unfortunately this is not true and until we know that the vaccine is safe, I cannot in good conscience recommend it to most of my patients.
Marcia DeSanctis | Posted 05.25.2011
The topic of swine flu is getting nudged from the front page by stories that are actually and quantifiably big. For the moment, the networks are shedd...
Ben Sherwood | Posted 11.17.2011
When we're bombarded with information (and opinion), experts say our brains simply aren't wired to balance risk vs. benefit and make sound decisions. Simply put, too many of us worry about the wrong things.
nytimes.com | Sewell Chan and Anemona Hartocollis | Posted 05.25.2011
A judge on Friday halted enforcement of a New York State directive requiring that all health care workers be vaccinated for swine flu. ...
nytimes.com | STEVEN GREENHOUSE | Posted 05.25.2011
Public health experts worried about the spread of the H1N1 flu are raising concerns that workers who deal with the public, like waiters and child care...
Ben Sherwood | Posted 11.17.2011
It may not sound like much, but the best defense against the swine flu involves some very simple steps: Every sneeze should be covered and every hand should be washed.
Maria Rodale | Posted 11.17.2011
H1N1 comes on fast. Flu usually does. It's not a day or two of sneezing leading to a stuffy nose. It's waking up with a sore throat or a cough and getting a fever and feeling like crap all on day one.
Dr. Jon LaPook | Posted 11.17.2011
We have been inundated with so much information about the 2009 H1N1 that it's hard to keep it all straight. Here's my top ten list of what's most important to know.
TIME | Amanda Ripley | Posted 11.17.2011
If, after watching months of hysterical TV coverage of H1N1, or swine flu, you think you already know everything you need to know, you are probably wr...
AP | RAVI NESSMAN | Posted 05.25.2011
NEW DELHI, India — The streets of the western city of Pune were half-empty, schools in Mumbai were ordered closed, and people suffering aches fl...
Barbara Dehn | Posted 11.17.2011
There's a pregnant woman in a local hospital right now on a ventilator, because her case of H1N1 was much more severe and she's fighting for her life.
BBC NEWS | Posted 05.25.2011
Throwing "swine flu parties" in an attempt to get immunity against the virus while it is a fairly mild form is not a good idea, doctors say....
Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011
A couple of videos coming out of Iraq and Iran reveal a troubling reaction in the Middle East to the global H1N1 influenza epidemic, including anti-We...
AP | RANDOLPH E. SCHMID | Posted 05.25.2011
WASHINGTON — The number of cases of swine flu may have been several times higher than reported and the potential for rapid spread of the illness...
New York Times | Posted 05.25.2011
Many people suffering from swine influenza, even those who are severely ill, do not have fever, an odd feature of the new virus that could increase th...
Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011
The media's coverage of the H1N1 swine flu epidemic has been criticized by many for being overblown, fire-fanning, scare-mongering, overly hyped, and ...
AP | ERIC CARVIN | Posted 05.25.2011
Government officials, public health experts and business leaders have faced a lot of questions about swine flu this week, and three words keep popping...
AP | ERICA WERNER | Posted 05.25.2011
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama voiced hope Friday that the swine flu virus will run its course "like ordinary flus" as officials reported m...
Chantal Sicile-Kira | Posted 11.17.2011
There were reports of local San Diego residents acting pig-headed and hogging the road more than usual, but so far any connection to the swine flu outbreak has yet to be established.
AP | PAUL HAVEN and NIKO PRICE | Posted 05.25.2011
MEXICO CITY — Mexico's top medical officer voiced optimism Thursday that swine flu has slowed in the nation hardest hit by the virus, but the Wo...
Warren Holstein | Posted 05.25.2011
It is important to boycott bacon and pulled pork sandwiches. It shows that we are serious and committed to overreacting.
Stuart Whatley | Posted 05.25.2011
The current swine flu epidemic, with all of its gravitas, actually almost makes light of another "epidemic" that has afflicted millions in the U.S. for years and which shows no sign of subsiding: childhood obesity.
AP | OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ | Posted 05.25.2011
LA GLORIA, Mexico — Everyone told Maria del Carmen Hernandez that her kindergartner's illness was just a regular cold. But it seemed like the wh...
Inter Press Service | Marwaan Macan-Markar | Posted 05.25.2011
BANGKOK, Apr 29 (IPS) - When the World Health Organisation (WHO) raised the influenza pandemic alert from phase three to an ominous phase four warn...
AP | MARILYNN MARCHIONE | Posted 11.17.2011