Posted November 4, 2009 - 07:00 by Debbie Dragon
It is impossible to avoid coming into contact with the Swine Flu (H1N1), or any other strain of flu for that matter. Because it can take three days before germs entering your body proliferate and become the actual illness, often times people are out in public without any known symptoms, yet they are still carrying and spreading the infection.
Posted September 30, 2009 - 09:37 by Andrea Dickson
By now, you're probably really tired of hearing about the swine flu. Frankly, I am. But the swine flu isn't like the regular flu, and since the H1N1 vaccine isn't widely available yet (and may be in short supply), here are some simple, inexpensive steps you can take to prepare for what promises to be a lousy flu season.
Posted May 5, 2009 - 03:26 by Fred Lee
It turns out that the flow of money may hold some insight into the spread of swine flu.
Posted April 30, 2009 - 11:54 by Elizabeth Sanberg
For the past few years people have been telling us that it's not a matter of "if" a pandemic occurs, but a matter of "when." Well, a pandemic may be upon us. Or it may not. Either way, it's a good time to think about your and your family's emergency preparedness.
Here are 10 things you should do right now to prepare.
Posted April 25, 2009 - 17:07 by Philip Brewer
While health authorities worry about the human cost of pandemics, other policy-makers have tended to focus on the economic costs. Economic impact takes many forms--drops in production as workers stay home, drops in commerce as shoppers avoid crowded places, drops in tourism as travelers avoid affected areas. Does the current economic crisis make us more vulnerable than usual, if the swine flu outbreak in Mexico and a few US cities goes pandemic?
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