The world is facing a serious flu threat in the form of swine flu. Currently human cases of swine flu have been reported from Mexico and the US. Swine flu was first reported in Mexico, where several people have died from the new strain of the influenza virus, so health authorities have been put on [...]
Measles is one of the oldest epidemics of the world. Measles was historically called rubeola. It causes a total-body skin rash and flu-like symptoms, including a fever, cough, and runny nose. In medical term Measles is an infection of the throat system caused by a virus, specifically a paramyxovirus of the genus Morbillivirus. Morbilliviruses, like [...]
Flu also known as ‘Influenza’ is a highly contagious viral infection. The word Influenza derived from the Italian language and refers to the cause of the disease. Influenza is an infectious disease caused by RNA viruses of the influenza viruses, which affects birds and mammals. The name influenza comes from the Italian influenza, meaning “influence”. [...]
The news media and our federal government are trumpeting the early release of data from H1N1 swine flu vaccine trials. The headlines would have you believe that the new vaccine is a major success. In some ways it is and in other ways it isn’t. Early data from swine flu vaccine trials show that in [...]
Swine flu as it is commonly called is caused by the H1N1 virus which is a very contagious and acute respiratory disease in pigs. It has now jumped over to humans and after first being diagnosed in Mexico has now spread around the world. The H1N1 virus has not been around long enough for extensive [...]
The current forecast for the H1N1 virus seems quite grim. Referred to originally as “swine flu” last spring, it has already spread to more than 180,000 cases worldwide, and shows no sign of slowing anytime soon. The President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology has predicted that 30 to 50 percent of the nation’s [...]