The 1918 Influenza Pandemic, also called the "Spanish Flu," killed more people than any other virus in recorded history, according to the National Archives. This deadly virus was responsible for killing over 50 million people worldwide and...
Pandemics refer to infectious diseases that spread easily between people, regardless of their location. The Centers for Disease Control has created specific precautionary policies in schools and in the workplace to prevent such an influenza...
Influenza is a negative RNA-strand type virus that can be classified as virus strand types A, B and C. Influenza is a highly contagious virus that in the winter months causes many respiratory tract infections. The most serious are the...
The Spanish influenza pandemic of 1918-19 has been dubbed "the mother of all pandemics" by researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) because it remains one of the most lethal outbreaks of infectious disease in human...
Influenza, known as the flu, is a common virus that causes illness in ducks, chickens, whales, horses, pigs, seals and humans, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Influenza is technically part of the orthomyxovirus...
A sneeze guard has been a popular health addition mainly for salad bars and buffet tables to keep germs and contamination away from food and utensils. Sneeze guards usually include an acrylic pane or roof within a channeled frame that hangs over...
The Spanish flu pandemic of 1918-1919 has been dubbed "the mother of all pandemics" by researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention because it remains one of the most lethal outbreaks of infectious disease in human history,...
There are three different types of influenza virus. Types A and B tend to spread rapidly and can occur either in regional outbreaks called epidemics, or worldwide outbreaks called pandemics. Type C influenza virus is the least severe of all three....
H1N1 is an influenza strain first identified in the United States and Mexico in March 2009. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), H1N1 influenza reached pandemic status, with cases reported in over 200 countries and linked to more than...
Swine flu is the common name for the novel influenza strain H1N1. According to the World Health Organization, the swine flu is a pandemic with laboratory-confirmed cases identified in more than 200 countries and linked to more than 12,000 deaths....
Swine flu is the common name for the novel influenza strain H1N1 that was first identified in the U.S. and Mexico in March 2009. According to the World Health Organization, swine flu is a pandemic with culture-proved cases reported in more than...
Swine flu is the common name for the novel strain of influenza now known as H1N1/09. Although the name suggests otherwise, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), swine flu does not affect animals. Symptoms of swine flu...
Swine flu is the common name for the novel strain of influenza now known as H1N1. Antiviral therapy administered within 48 hours of the onset of symptoms may reduce the risk of serious complications, including death. People with classic symptoms...
According to the World Health Organization, the swine flu is a pandemic with laboratory-confirmed cases identified in more than 200 countries by the end of 2009. Swine flu, also known as H1N1 flu, produces a spectrum of disease ranging from mild...
Most women who have a common cold or even the flu during pregnancy never have any negative consequences on themselves or their unborn children. But the flu can also have brutal outcomes for both the mother and the fetus. That is why doctors highly...
Seasonal flu sickens millions of Americans each year. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that the incubation period--the interval between exposure to the virus and the appearance of symptoms--averages two days, with a...
The influenza virus spreads mainly from person to person, and is generally considered to be contagious from one day before onset of symptoms to as much as a week after the infected person becomes sick. The virus is thought to spread mainly through...
The flu is unpleasant, contagious and maybe life-threatening. There are three types of regular influenza viruses: A, B and C. Type A influenza is divided into subtypes, such as the H1N1 virus, erroneously called swine flu, and both type A subtypes...
Influenza porcina is one of the common names for the novel H1N1 influenza virus. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), there were cases identified in more than 200 countries and influenza porcina was linked to more than 15,000 deaths...
"Swine flu," also known as H1N1 2009, was first identified in March 2009. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), rapid flu tests miss up to 90 percent of swine flu infections. Through careful attention to symptoms, it...
In February of each year, the World Health Organization (WHO), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) review surveillance data on circulating influenza viruses and select three strains to...
Swine flu is the common name for the novel strain of influenza virus now known as H1N1. According to the World Health Organization, swine flu is a pandemic with laboratory-confirmed cases in more than 200 countries and linked to more than 12,000...
Swine flu is the common name for the H1N1 influenza strain first identified in March 2009. According to the World Health Organization, the swine flu officially became a pandemic with laboratory-confirmed cases identified in more than 200 countries...
Swine flu is the common name for the H1N1 influenza strain first identified in March 2009. According to the World Health Organization, swine flu is a pandemic with cases identified in more than 200 countries and linked to more than 12,000 deaths....
According to the World Health Organization, the swine flu is a pandemic with laboratory-confirmed cases identified in more than 200 countries. Swine flu, also known as H1N1 flu, produces a spectrum of disease ranging from mild upper respiratory...
Swine flu is the common name for the novel influenza virus now known as H1N1. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the effects of swine flu on infants may be particularly severe. Antiviral therapy administered within...
"Swine flu" also known as H1N1 2009 was first identified in March 2009 when cases began to appear in Mexico and the United States. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as of December 26, 2009, the number of swine...
The swine flu is a pandemic with laboratory-confirmed cases identified in more than 200 countries, according to the World Health Organization. Swine flu, also known as H1N1 flu, produces a spectrum of symptoms ranging from mild upper respiratory...
Systemic effects of influenza such as fever, headache and muscle pain result from the response of the immune system to the infection, rather than the virus itself. As Harvard Medical School professor Dr. Raphael Dolin explains in the 2008 edition...
Bird flu has led to the deaths of hundreds of millions of wild and domestic birds and to a small number of human deaths. Bird flu remains difficult for humans to contract. Learn about the different causes, symptoms, and treatments of bird flu in...
