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The swine flu epidemic, that is spreading at an exponential rate has compelled many countries to develop and test new vaccines, other than Tamiflu and Relenza. According to Australian authorities, the first ever human trials of a swine flu vaccine have been initiated by a pharmaceutical company. This comes in the wake of the rising swine flu cases in [...]

As if Swine flu, most commonly known as the H1N1 virus wasn’t creating enough trouble and scare for us all. Now, a new drug resistant strain has been discovered of this dangerously life-threatening virus. The new strain is completely invulnerable to the only known drug that can counter swine flu, Tamiflu. This new swine flu variant was observed [...]

There are only two drugs approved to treat the Influenza A (H1N1) virus, formerly called swine flu. Only Relenza and Tamiflu are approved to cure the viral infection. Other medicines that are advertised as approved over Internet sites that sell online medications may either be counterfeit or a health risk. “Protect yourselves and your computer [...]

The increase in outbreaks of swine flu around the world means that manufacturers of masks have to meet the demand for millions of orders by health authorities in many countries. In the United Kingdom, for example, the British Ministry of Health reported that 32 million additional masks have been ordered in the fear that the swine flu virus could spread [...]