Generation X: How Young Adults Deal with Influenza

Only about one in five young adults in their late 30s received a flu shot during the 2009-2010 swine flu epidemic, according to a University of Michigan report that details the behavior and attitudes of Generation X. But about 65 percent were at least...

UCLA Scientists Find H1N1 Flu Virus Prevalent in Animals in Africa

UCLA life scientists and their colleagues have discovered the first evidence of the H1N1 virus in animals in Africa. In one village in northern Cameroon, a staggering 89 percent of the pigs studied had been exposed to the H1N1 virus, commonly known...

Zimbabweans Hit By Mysterious Flu Bug

According to reports in Zimbabwe’s state-run media a deadly flu bug with symptoms similar to those of the H1N1 virus has affected thousands of people in the country’s 10 provinces.

The Gambia Starts Week Long Nationwide AH1N1 Vaccination Campaign

A team of health workers spread across the Gambia has started a week-long nationwide vaccination campaign against the AH1N1 influenza or swine flu.

Advertising And Media Coverage About H1N1 Flu Reduced Public Concern

Advertising and media coverage about swine flu reduced public concern and improved the uptake of useful, protective behaviors such as hand-washing, according to new research led by Professor Susan Michie, UCL Clinical, Educational & Health Psychology...

EGYPT: Did the Government Overreact to H1N1?

While a review is underway of how the World Health Organization (WHO) and national authorities handled last year’s outbreak of the H1N1 virus, also referred to as swine flu, medical experts in Egypt have criticized their government for overreacting...

Botswana Launches Campaign Against H1N1 Influenza

Botswana will train Districts Health Personnel on the administration of Influenza A (H1N1) vaccine starting on Wednesday amid reports that there has been another outbreak of the flue in neighboring Namibia. Public Relations Officer in the Ministry of...

Study Links 1976 ‘swine Flu’ Shot to Stronger Immune Response to 21st Century Pandemic Flu

New evidence shows immunization against “swine flu” in 1976 might provide individuals with some protection against the 2009 pandemic H1N1 influenza virus, according to new research from St. Jude investigators. Science Brief thanks to EurekAlert. Read...

Researchers Find Infrared Thermal Detection Systems Useful for Patient Screening

Researchers at the University of Nebraska Medical Center found an Infrared Thermal Detection System (ITDS) to be a fast and effective fever screening tool in clinical settings during the H1N1 influenza pandemic. The ITDS detected fever in patients through...