How swine flu virus hopscotched the globe

A 5-year-old Mexican boy takes ill in his dusty village. He coughs, he sneezes, he gasps for breath.

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Flu-fighting masks may help, but don’t bet on it

It’s the surest sign that an outbreak of illness or infection has grown serious: People on the street wearing face masks as they hurry to work, crowd into the subway or walk their dogs.

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Report says 3 percent in DC have HIV or AIDS

A new report by D.C. health officials says that at least 3 percent of residents in the nation's capital are living with HIV or AIDS and every mode of transmission is on the rise.

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Tobacco Could Kill 1 Billion by 2100

The World Health Organization warned in a new report Thursday that the "tobacco epidemic" is growing and could claim 1 billion lives by the end of the century unless governments dramatically step up efforts to curb smoking.

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Kenyans Blame Police for Killings

Residents along this slum's smoky, twisting alleys say they're caught in the middle of a battle between the police and a murderous street gang known for beheading its victims.

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Autism Epidemic May Be All in the Label

A few decades ago, people probably would have said kids like Ryan Massey and Eddie Scheuplein were just odd. Or difficult.

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Serbians may have found a potential cure for Swine Flu. It's Garlic.

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Why we need to shut up.

At least 4000 have died of H1N1 influenza, also called swine flu, since it emerged in the United States in April.

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The global recession and pressure to divert funds to other health crises are hurting the fight against AIDS, a medical group warned Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009, with one health worker saying he feared a return to the days when the AIDS virus was a death sentence in Africa.

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With three more children hailing from Kushinagar succumbing to encephalitis here today, the toll due to the deadly brain fever has reached 481 since January this year in eastern districts of Uttar Pradesh.

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Oh boy, here we go. I was afraid of this!

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It appears that President Obama is doing everything in his power to enforce laws against the majority of Americans.

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This is a deal breaker for me .Why risk more people the chance of contracting HIV ?So many issues need attention,but people are waiting because the president has a full plate.But he has found time to get this done.Im sorry you lost me here....

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Now, one of the things I realized during this trip was that this beetle epidemic really caught people off guard. And the scary part is all of this devastation was caused by a really small change in average temperatures.

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The White House on Saturday said Obama signed a proclamation that would allow medical officials to bypass certain federal requirements. The White House said Obama signed the declaration on Friday evening.

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The following blog is directed at heath care workers, but I thought I'd share with everyone considering the dumbassery I have recently read regarding the flu shot. Mark Crislip is an infectious disease specialist/doctor/whathaveyou.

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A second-grader from Dalton has died from swine flu. Jennifer Moorer, spokeswoman for the North Georgia Health District, said the 7-year-old girl died Wednesday after a brief hospitalization. Moorer

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The October 5, 2009 anticipated arrival of the Swine Flu (H1N1) vaccinations has spurred the controversy of whether childhood vaccinations are to blame for the occurrences of Autism in people.

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I simply wonder if all of these students or their parents have health insurance

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As the world braces for a second wave of the swine flu that broke out in the spring and resulted in the deaths of more than 2,100 people worldwide, the disease is altering long-established patterns of everyday greeting. Handshakes have been cut short, kisses aborted.

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School forbids children to touch each other for fear they will spread H1N1. The government had hoped to have a vaccine ready by this time, however it is still months away.

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As many as two out of five Oregonians are expected to come down with the flu this fall and winter, prompting the state to prepare for the possibility of an epidemic that would close schools and threaten the economy, officials said Friday.

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They may want votes, but some Japanese election candidates have been cutting back on handshakes on the campaign trail as the new flu virus reaches epidemic proportions in Japan

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Consumer Reports has issued instruction for a swine flu survival kit in the case of a serious swine flu epidemic in the near future.

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Childhood obesity is an epidemic -- but is it a crime?

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Vital sections of society could be paralysed if swine flu reaches epidemic proportions as expected, the government has been warned.

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"A San Francisco teenager has been diagnosed with a strain of swine flu that is resistant to the common antiviral drug Tamiflu - an important milestone in the pandemic's evolution."

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This is something that everyone needs to be aware of. They may try to force you to take this shot in the coming months. If you don't take it you may be more safe than if you do.

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H1N1 Flu Linked to Massive Pig Farms in Mexico

While catching swine flu has not been linked to merely eating pork and pork products, it may be linked to the raising of hogs on massive industrial scale farms in Mexico.

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Why are so many teachers -- especially women teachers -- having sex with their students in Florida?

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A Chicago resident became the first confirmed death from swine flu in Illinois. The person had underlying health problems, but no details were given.

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