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Swine flu information

  • Latest swine flu updates
    Get the most recent information on how many cases have been confirmed and where, travel updates, and more.

  • Q&A: Swine flu (UPDATED September 2, 2009)
    Dr. Anthony Komaroff, editor in chief of Harvard Health Publications, answers questions about the recent swine flu outbreak.

  • Special Health Report: Swine (H1N1) Flu: How to understand your risk and protect your health
    (UPDATED November 1, 2009) A pandemic flu is sweeping the globe, raising concerns that this outbreak will affect the health of many millions of people. This strain of flu, known as H1N1, is an influenza Type A, the same type that caused past pandemics in 1918, 1957, and 1968. As developments continue to emerge, it is important to understand what swine flu is, the magnitude of the situation, and how to protect yourself and your family.

 

Special features

Swine flu precautions Swine flu precautions: How to protect yourself and others
Dr. Anthony Komaroff discusses how to protect yourself from getting the virus and how to protect others if you do get it.

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Dr. Komaroff
Swine flu Q&A
In this interview, Dr. Anthony Komaroff discusses the swine flu, including how it's transmitted, how dangerous it can be, and possible treatments.

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How a virus infects a cell		 How an influenza virus infects a cell
See how a flu virus enters a healthy cell, replicates, and exits with this narrated, step-through animation.

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