Cytes in the swine flu project

Swine influenza is flu virus usually found in pigs. The virus occasionally changes (mutates) and becomes infectious in humans. When this happens, the disease becomes a concern to humans, who have little or no immunity against it. This means the virus has the potential to spread quickly around the world. It also may be more difficult to treat than the usual, seasonal human flu viruses.

Swine flu spreads four times faster than other viruses and 40 per cent of the fatalities are young adults in good health, the world's top health official says.

Victoria could tip world into swine flu pandemic

Julia Medew and Kate Lahey . May 25, 2009 - 7:22AM. ANGRY parents have lashed out at Victorian health authorities for not closing Thornbury High School last week after a second student was diagnosed with swine flu at the weekend.. Victorian Health Minister Daniel Andrews yesterday closed the school to all students, except year 12, for one week after a year nine pupil was diagnosed with the highly contagious virus on Saturday.. The boy was one of two Victorians diagnosed with the H1N1 viru...

Notes: given the relative mildness of cases, the reaction seems excessive

John Elder and Josh Gordon . May 24, 2009. Page 1 of 3 | Single Page View. Staff at Mill Park Secondary College were called in after a swine flu case was confirmed in a year 9 student. Photo: Wayne Hawkins. HEALTH authorities are urging Victorians not to panic, despite confirmation yesterday that a 15-year-old Melbourne student has become the 14th Australian to catch swine flu.. The boy, a year 9 student at Mill Park Secondary College, has had no contact with overseas travellers or with...

Julia Medew, Ben Doherty . May 22, 2009 - 4:28PM. Page 1 of 3 | Single Page View. Australia's swine flu alert level has been raised from delay to contain.The announcement by Federal Health Minister Nicola Roxon this afternoon comes after after the first case of human to human transmission was confirmed at a school in Epping, in Melbourne's north.Ms Roxon says equally concerning are the two cases of the virus being contracted by people who have not travelled recently or been in contact wit...

Notes: increasing number of cases in australia causes concern.

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Toddler's Death Stokes Flu Concerns. New York Times - 12 hours ago. Health Officials Probe Possible Second NYC Flu Death. ABC News - 15 hours ago. NYC probes death of toddler with flu symptoms. The Associated Press - 16 hours ago. AFP: NY probes possible swine flu in toddler death. Hosted byBack to Google News. NY probes possible swine flu in toddler death. 11 hours ago. NEW YORK (AFP) New York medical authorities were testing Tuesday whether swine flu killed a 16-month-old boy wh...

Notes: detailed concern over the death of a toddler, and increasing school closures in NY

May 20, 2009 - 9:29AM. Page 1 of 2 | Single Page View. United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon has urged people to remain vigilant against swine flu as the number of cases around the world shot up to almost 10,000.. Previous pandemics had shown flu outbreaks could start mild and worsen, Ban said as he addressed the World Health Organisation's (WHO) annual assembly in Geneva. "That is why the world must remain vigilant and alert to the warning signs.". The UN health agency said cases had soared b...

Notes: Update on current situation

Nick Miller . May 20, 2009 - 1:29PM. Two Sydney women have been confirmed as Australia's latest victims of swine flu.Both women were diagnosed after returning from a trip to the United States and has been treated with the antiviral drug Tamiflu.Health authorities are testing 13 people from NSW and other states who were travelling with them.. Earlier ir was announced a nine-year-old Victorian boy had become the second person in Australia to be diagnosed with swine flu.. The boy returned fr...

Notes: first confirmed outbreak in Australia

US, Costa Rica swine flu deaths reported. By RORY MARSHALL and MARIANELA JIMENEZ. Associated Press Writers. AP Photo. AP Photo/John Froschauer. Watch Related Video. Swine Flu Spreads; Mexico Reports More Deaths. Buy AP Photo Reprints. Your Questions Answered. Ask AP: Swine flu and food, reality show pay. Interactive. Swine flu outbreak. Timeline of the swine flu outbreak. As flu fears increase, the masks come out. Document. CDC travel notice on swine flu (PDF). SEATTLE (AP) -- A Washington state man with underlying heart conditions became the third person infected with swine flu to die in the U.S., health officials said Saturday, while Costa Rica reported the first swine flu death outside North America.. Japanese authorities, meanwhile, scrambled to limit contact with their country's first cases, and Australia and Norway joined the list of nations with confirmed cases of swine flu.. A Snohomish County man in his 30s died on Thursday from what appeared to be complications from swine flu, the state Department of Health said in a statement. The man had underlying heart conditions and viral pneumonia at the time of his death, but swine flu was considered a factor in his death, the statement said.. The man, who was not identified, reportedly began showing symptoms on April 30.. His death and the death of a 53-year-old man in Costa Rica on Saturday brings the global death toll to 53, including 48 in Mexico, three in the United States and one in Canada.. Like other deaths outside Mexico, the Costa Rican man suffered from complicating illnesses, including diabetes and chronic lung disease, the Health Ministry said.

Notes: report on the current situation and spread of the virus.

Australia has its first confirmed case of swine flu.. But the NSW woman who arrived in Brisbane on Thursday on flight QF16 from Los Angeles is no longer infectious and had a weak strain of the virus, authorities say.. Federal Health Minister Nicola Roxon said the woman, who cannot be identified for privacy reasons, contracted the disease in late April while overseas and had recovered before returning to Australia.

Video about the symptoms and the treatment of swine flu. Mai 1, 2009. Tags: Swine Flu CDC, Swine Flu Pandemic, Swine Virus, Video, Virus . The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) publisehd a video that includes information about the swine flu. You can watch it here or read the transcript of the recording.

Our FAQ on the latest developments in the spread of the virus

Notes: Article which questions the seriousness of the H1N1 virus, and offers an explanation for the higher number of recorded deaths in Mexico.

Is natural immunity possible?. It's cold comfort but scientifically true that the other way to gain immunity is natural exposure — getting sick from the virus and surviving it, like with any cold virus.. That which doesn't kill me makes me stronger — this is a fair account of our bodies' immune systems. The new swine flu is not thought to be highly fatal — around 1 to 4 percent of infected people are expected to die. But if it infects a lot of people, in the millions, deaths mount. Not to mention that millions of simply sick people requires a lot of hospital and medical care and lost time at work, and so a pandemic would have huge economic repercussions.. No one knows how quickly you can acquire immunity from the new swine flu if exposed to it, but with flu shots, it takes about two weeks to have sufficient immunity to be protected when exposed to the actual virus, Layton said.. That's why seasonal flu shot programs are usually launched in the fall before the viruses tend to spread more widely in the winter.

U.S. Human Cases of H1N1 Flu Infection. (As of May 1, 2009, 11:00 AM ET). States. . # of laboratory confirmed cases. . Deaths. Arizona 4 . California 13 . Colorado 2 . Delaware 4 . Illinois 3 . Indiana 3 . Kansas 2 . Kentucky 1 . Massachusetts 2 . Michigan 2 . Minnesota 1 . Nebraska 1 . Nevada 1 . New Jersey 5 . New York 50 . Ohio 1 . South Carolina . 16. . Texas . 28. 1. Virginia . 2. . TOTAL COUNTS 141 cases 1 death. International Human Cases of Swine Flu Infection. See: World Health OrganizationExternal Web Site Policy.

Notes: Number of confirmed cases of Swine Flu in The U.S. by States

(04-28) 12:21 PDT SAN FRANCISCO -- The Bay Area's first confirmed cases of swine flu have been identified in Marin County, health officials there said today.. Images. Dr. Fred Schwartz, a public health officer, gave details ...A Health and Human Services worker makes a correction to ... View Larger Images. Video. View Larger Size. Swine Flu. * U.S. deaths expected 04.28.09. * 2 Marin swine flu cases 04.28.09. * Guv declares emergency 04.28.09. * Bay Area says it's ready 04.28.09. * Focus on treatments 04.28.09. * No Mexico cruise stops 04.28.09. * A timeline of flu events 04.28.09. * SciGuy chat 04.28.09. * Interactive flu map. * Twitter feeds. * CDC swine flu page. More News. * Developments on swine flu worldwide 04.28.09. * Officials say US deaths expected from swine flu 04.28.09. * Specter shift puts Dems near filibuster-proof mark 04.28.09. * Portions of 101 reopen after deadly bus crash 04.28.09. An unidentified woman, 60, and her 20-month-old granddaughter tested positive for swine flu and were notified Monday night, Marin County officials said in a press release. Both victims had recently traveled to Mexico with family members.

Notes: first cases of swine flu in san francisco bay area

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg says that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed that students at a city high school were infected with swine flu.

It's unclear how people in Mexico and the United States have caught the virus. Swine flu is typically transferable from direct contact with a pig, but none of the U.S. patients had such contact. That likely means that the virus has started to spread from human to human.

04-30) 13:15 PDT SAN FRANCISCO -- San Francisco has its first confirmed case of swine flu, a child who recently traveled to Mexico, the city's public health director announced today.. Images. Registered nurse Sujeeta Sukhu (left) describes swine flu...Daniel Johnson, a second-grader at Lone Tree Elementary S...Lea Palisoc, an employee at Sutter Delta Medical Center, ... View More Images. Video. View Larger Size. Swine Flu. * Number of swine flu cases rising in the Bay Area. * Swine flu cases suspected in 3 Bay Area counties. * School closure over swine flu fast and smooth. * Second area school shut 04.29.09. * Drastic steps globally 04.29.09. * Mystery: Why Mexico? 04.29.09. * Boy is first U.S. flu death 04.29.09. * 91 cases in 10 states 04.29.09. * Asia's hard past lessons 04.29.09. * Timeline of flu events 04.28.09. * SciGuy chat 04.30.09. * Interactive flu map. * Twitter feeds. * CDC swine flu page. More News. * Boogie birdie: Animals shown to 'dance' to music 04.30.09. * Suspects in three bank-robbery sprees held 04.30.09. * Senate defeats Obama-backed, anti-foreclosure bill 04.30.09. * Mexican health chief: Swine flu cases leveling off 04.30.09. Dr. Mitchell Katz offered few details about the case but said the child is not in school. Mayor Gavin Newsom said the child is recovering.. Newsom also said he would ask the Board of Supervisors to declare a state of emergency in San Francisco, primarily as a means to request federal funding.