The H1N1 swine flu virus appears to be particularly dangerous to pregnant women, and this danger should vault that group to the top of the list of people who receive the vaccination once it's available, experts say.
Read moreFor months the question has been whether we could gear up production of vaccine for the H1N1 flu virus -- formerly swine flu -- fast... Read more »
Every year as flu season nears, fibromyalgia and ME/CFS patients wrestle with the question of whether or not to get a flu shot. ... Read more »
Every year the question of whether or not you should get a flu shot arises – especially if you have fibromyalgia or ME/CFS (chronic... Read more »
Italian astrologers called the seasonal misery we are familiar with "influenza" because they blamed it, as they did all misfortune, on the... Read more »
For many years, asthma patients have been recommended to get annual flu shots in order to prevent the flu. As this year's fall season gets... Read more »
Researchers have found that one dose of a H1N1 swine flu vaccine creates enough antibodies to protect against the virus within 10 days of receiving... Read more »
Chinese and European researchers say they have developed H1N1 swine flu vaccines that can be given in one dose instead of two, a development that... Read more »
A new survey of healthcare workers in Hong Kong has found that more than half of these workers said they will not get vaccinated because they fear... Read more »
What is swine flu?As its name suggest, swine flu is a type of flu virus that usually only affects pigs. Four different swine flu strains commonly... Read more »
Swine flu is caused by type A influenza (also known as H1N1). Swine Flu symptoms are similar to the flu that normally infects humans.Symptoms... Read more »