Category Archives: Swine Flu
False Fact about H1N1 – Swine Flu
There is a false rumor circulating. The rumor goes like this: “This new vaccine is not safe and is untested.” This rumor is absolutely false. Clinical trials conducted by the National Institutes of Health and the vaccine manufacturers have shown that the new H1N1 vaccine is both safe and effective. The FDA has licensed it. [...]
Swine Flu H1N1 Vaccine Distribution
According to the CDC, there’s a total of 2.4 million does of vaccine now available. Though it’s a bit of a slow start, 2.2 million doses of vaccine are being released. Every state has ordered a share of the vaccine. The ordering of the 2.2 million doses is a painstaking process because each state must [...]
Hand Washing – Another Weapon against H1N1
One of the most powerful weapons against the H1N1 virus is summed up in a three-word phrase you first heard from your mother: wash your hands. Many recent studies have highlighted the importance of this most basic hygiene measure. In one study, scientists counted the times the students touched their faces, documenting every lip scratch, [...]
Seasonal Flu and H1N1 (Swine) Flu – Part IV
WHAT ARE THE SYMPTOMS OF SEASONAL FLU? Aside from feeling like you’ve been run over by a huge truck, here are the specifics: sudden onset of feeling miserable; high fever; headache; extreme tiredness; dry cough; sore throat; runny or stuffy nose; muscle aches; stomach symptoms such as nausea, vomiting and diarrhea can also occur but [...]
Seasonal Flu and H1N1 (Swine) Flu – Part III
H1N1 OR THE SWINE FLU – This H1N1 virus has components of pig and bird influenza viruses, so humans don’t have any immunity to it. This is the reason it’s more likely that the outbreak could become a pandemic virus (having the ability to cause a global outbreak) because it could easily spread from person-to-person. [...]
Seasonal Flu and H1N1 (Swine) Flu – Part II
SEASONAL FLU: Each year we march ourselves and our families off to the doctor or to a local clinic or retail store to get a flu shot. Each year, this shot is our defense against getting the seasonal flu. As much as we would like to think that it’s a very scientific process that goes [...]
Seasonal Flu and H1N1 (SWINE) Flu – Part I – What You Need to Know
Well it’s flu season again only this year things are a bit more challenging for all of us. Yes we have the standard concerns regarding the seasonal flu that arrives every fall and stays through the winter however in addition to the SEASONAL FLU we have to be concerned about another strain of the flu [...]
