Swine Flu Smackdown: How to Avoid Infection (and a Fistfight)
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.
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.
Ben Sherwood | Posted 11.05.2009 | Living
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 | STEVEN GREENHOUSE | Posted 11.03.2009 | Business
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...
Maria Rodale | Posted 11.05.2009 | Living
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.
nytimes.com | Sewell Chan and Anemona Hartocollis | Posted 10.16.2009 | New York
A judge on Friday halted enforcement of a New York State directive requiring that all health care workers be vaccinated for swine flu. ...
Dr. Frank Lipman | Posted 11.25.2009 | Living
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.
TIME | Amanda Ripley | Posted 11.17.2009 | Living
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...
Dr. Jon LaPook | Posted 11.17.2009 | Living
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.
AP | RAVI NESSMAN | Posted 09.14.2009 | World
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 09.04.2009 | Living
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 07.31.2009 | Home
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 06.20.2009 | World
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...
New York Times | Posted 06.12.2009 | World
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...
Marcia DeSanctis | Posted 06.12.2009 | World
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...
AP | RANDOLPH E. SCHMID | Posted 06.12.2009 | World
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...
Huffington Post | Posted 06.07.2009 | World
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 06.01.2009 | World
Government officials, public health experts and business leaders have faced a lot of questions about swine flu this week, and three words keep popping...
Chantal Sicile-Kira | Posted 06.01.2009 | Living
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 | ERICA WERNER | Posted 06.01.2009 | World
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama voiced hope Friday that the swine flu virus will run its course "like ordinary flus" as officials reported m...
Warren Holstein | Posted 05.31.2009 | Comedy
It is important to boycott bacon and pulled pork sandwiches. It shows that we are serious and committed to overreacting.
AP | PAUL HAVEN and NIKO PRICE | Posted 05.31.2009 | World
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...
Stuart Whatley | Posted 05.29.2009 | Politics
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.
Inter Press Service | Marwaan Macan-Markar | Posted 05.29.2009 | World
BANGKOK, Apr 29 (IPS) - When the World Health Organisation (WHO) raised the influenza pandemic alert from phase three to an ominous phase four warn...
Huffington Post | Posted 05.29.2009 | World
Here is the HuffPost's selection of photos of today's news and events from every corner of the globe. Check back Monday through Friday for this HuffPo...
AP | OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ | Posted 05.29.2009 | World
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...
Ben Sherwood | Posted 11.05.2009 | Living