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The latest news: Swine flu updates

When looking across the Internet and at news sources for a swine flu update, the source of the material matters. Some sites do not have information backed up by official agencies. The news from these must be taken with some skepticism until a verification of their facts can be made. Reputable sites are those from trusted health agencies staffed by physicians. These include the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO). Both of these have sites devoted exclusively to swine flu updates and H1N1 flu pandemic.

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Questions about the swine flu epidemic

What is epidemic? Is it the same as pandemic?

Diseases often affect different numbers of people at a time. How many people are infected by a given illness and the geographic range of the those infected can determine whether a virus is epidemic or pandemic.

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Lesser Known Flu Symptoms: Muscle aches

Viruses can cause several common diseases: cold, flu, and chicken pox and some rarer illnesses: HIV, Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD disease), and polio. Vaccines and improved hygiene measures have lessened the severity and the rate of some of these, but others: the common cold and flu, still plague humans annually. Determining the exact virus causing an illness is the first step in any office visit for viral symptoms. A physician will ask the patient about his symptoms before running any other tests. Often flu symptoms: muscle aches, fever, headache and upper respiratory problems will help the doctor to choose the best course of treatment to follow.

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Symptoms of swine flu

Fatigue, fever, headache, cough and runny nose could signal several illnesses. Many people who feel these symptoms automatically ascribe them to the flu, but they could also be signs of a cold or a more serious infection. Going to the doctor for a full evaluation of symptoms will ensure that the best course of treatment for the specific disease is sought.

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What is H1N1 flu? Could my child have it?

The H1N1 is the renamed human version of the swine flu. Initially, the virus seemed only to infect pigs and birds – where it was called avian flu, but when the virus began to sicken people, it combined aspects of both the swine and avian flus to create H1N1 flu. This virus has spread to the extent that it has reached a pandemic level, infecting people all across the globe.

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Flu Guru

The latest news: Swine flu updates

Questions about the swine flu epidemic

Lesser Known Flu Symptoms: Muscle aches

Symptoms of swine flu

What is H1N1 flu? Could my child have it?

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