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The recommended medication for swine flu or the novel Influenza A (H1N1) virus is Tamiflu. According to the British Medical Journal, “Taking oseltamivir (Tamiflu) is not a pleasant experience, with side effects that include nausea, diarrhoea, and hallucinations.” A very recent UK research reveals that ‘more than half of children taking antiviral [...]

Swine flu cases are increasing rapidly in Indian cities. Six people have succumbed to the H1N1 flu including a four year old boy in southern city of Chennai. Almost in all metros there are confirmed cases of swine flu and health authorities are trying hard to control the spread of the virus by creating awareness through media. The entire city of Pune, [...]

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 [...]

It seems that, swine flu isn’t only making the people go off the edge, it has also gotten the World Health Organization in a fix. According to the latest reports, WHO is having a very difficult time in allocating its resources to the pandemic, as it is one of the fastest spreading illness the organization has ever witnessed. As per the comments [...]

In a recent statement released by the White House, it has warned the citizens of the United States of a swine flu outbreak, bigger than the current one in the fall season. In the wake of this news, authorities and concerned agencies have announced to start a vaccination drive in the month of October this year and have also offered monetary assistance [...]

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 [...]

UK is in the limelight right now with the current global fight against the spread of the Influenza A (H1N1) virus, formerly known as swine flu. Experts have noticed that the country’s anti-flu tactics are far from commendable. Authorities even suspect that the country ‘may be hiding a much larger outbreak.’ Rumors have it that the UK’s ‘caseload [...]

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 swine flu virus alert level is still pegged at phase 5 on a 6-point scale. Though the World Health Organization (WHO) says that a pandemic is imminent (phase 6), the flu virus that has spread globally has not reached the highest health crisis alert level. The WHO also has not scheduled any meetings of its emergency committee as of yet. The WHO’s [...]

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 [...]