The Flu

Ukraine Flu News

By Barb

The biggest story on the Planet today is the outbreak of a very serious Advanced Biological War virus in Europe. The second biggest story on the Planet is the suppression of this story for almost two weeks by the corporate owned mainstream news… »

May 13, 2009 – Wednesday

By Barb

Swine Flu May Be Human Error; WHO Investigates Claim
By Jason Gale and Simeon Bennett
May 13 (Bloomberg) — The World Health Organization is investigating a claim by an Australian researcher that the swine flu virus circling the globe may have been created as a result of human error.
Adrian Gibbs, 75, who collaborated on research that… »

May 7, 2009 – Thursday

By Barb

WHO says up to 2B people might get swine flu
GENEVA – AP- Up to 2 billion people could be infected by swine flu if the current outbreak turns into a pandemic lasting two years, the World Health Organization said Thursday.
WHO flu chief Keiji Fukuda said the historical record of flu pandemics indicates one-third of the… »

May 2, 2009 – Saturday

By Barb
Hospitals like Sutter Delta Medical Center in Antioch, California, set up triage tents to handle overcrowding

VIDEO: Obama addresses swine flu

The threat of a global pandemic forced the federal government to take aggressive steps against the so-called swine flu this week, despite uncertainty about how potent or deadly it may be, President Barack Obama said in his Saturday radio and Internet address.
It was a surprise change in topic. A White… »

April 30, 2009 – Thursday

By Barb
Vice President Biden on Thursday said people should avoid "confined spaces."

In 1918 a human influenza virus known as the Spanish flu spread through the central United States while a swine respiratory disease occurred… »

April 29, 2009 – Wednesday

By Barb

Mexican Flu Patient ZERO Identified
LA GLORIA, Mexico (CNN) — Tucked away in this small mountain village, off a dusty road flanked by pig farms, is where the earliest case of swine flu — a virus spreading globally — was confirmed.
Meet the child known as “patient zero” by his doctors — 5-year-old Edgar Hernandez, who survived… »

April 29, 2009 – Tuesday

By Barb

US flu deaths seen as likely as outbreak spreads
WASHINGTON –(AP)– Federal officials warned on Tuesday that swine-flu related deaths were likely in the United States as the disease that killed scores in Mexico continued to spread across the world and governments intensified steps to battle the outbreak.
The number of confirmed cases in the United States… »

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