COMPILED FROM REPORTS BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Dec. 31, 2009
How contagious is the swine flu? Less than the novel viruses that have caused big world pandemics in the past, new research suggests.
If someone in your home has swine flu, your odds of catching it are about 1 in 8, although children are twice as susceptible as [...]
Archive for December 31st, 2009
PARIS — For each case of swine flu causing high fevers and crippling muscle pains there could be four others without major symptoms, French experts have reported.
Infection rates for the pandemic H1N1 virus in France, where the study was done, may be far higher than previously thought if these so-called “asymptomatic” cases — easily mistaken [...]
December 31, 2009
Women should avoid getting pregnant until after the swine flu pandemic is over, reports today’s Beijing News in its top headline.
In a government report published yesterday, the Ministry of Health advised that women who wanted to be pregnant now or in the near future should consider postponing their plans to avoid getting pregnant [...]















