H1N1 Flu (Swine Flu)

See also: Bird Flu

Official Government Sites

• CDC: H1N1 Flu (Swine Flu)
  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provides key facts and up-to-date information.
• FDA: H1N1 (Swine) Flu
  Information on antiviral medications from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
• Flu.gov
  One-stop access to U.S. Government seasonal and swine flu information. Also available in Spanish.
• Public Health Agency of Canada: H1N1 Flu Virus
  Canadian public health updates and information.
• WHO: Pandemic (H1N1) 2009
  The World Health Organization is coordinating the global response to human cases of swine influenza A (H1N1) and monitoring the corresponding threat of an influenza pandemic. Its site offers global tracking, pandemic alerts and preparedness plans.

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FAQs, Symptoms, Treatments

• Allegheny County Health Department: H1N1 (Swine) Flu Information
  County updates and prevention tips
• MedlinePlus: H1N1 Flu (Swine Flu)
  Links to information from various sources including prevention tips and treatment overview.
• New England Journal of Medicine: H1N1 Influenza Center
  Medical reports about the H1N1 virus.
• PA Department of Health: 2009 Novel Influenza A (H1N1)
  Measures Pennsylvania is taking to control any outbreaks.
• WebMD: H1N1 Swine Flu Guide
  Comprehensive guide with detailed information on symptoms, prevention, treatment and transmission.

Books on Previous Pandemics

Barry, John M.
Great Influenza: The Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague In History
RC150.4.B37 2004
Details the 1918 influenza epidemic which killed as many as 100 million people worldwide.

Iezzoni, Lynette
Influenza 1918: The Worst Epidemic in American History
RC150.4.I39 1999x
Companion book to the television documentary "Influenza 1918" aired on PBS's documentary series The American Experience" in 1999. The companion website also contains a bibliography.

Kolata, Gina Bari, 1948-
Flu: The Story of the Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918 and the Search for the Virus That Caused It
RC150.4.K64 1999
Gina Kolata, science reporter for The New York Times, delves into the history of the 1918 flu and current efforts to identify the virus responsible for it.

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News Updates

• Nature News Specials: Swine Flu
  The World Health Organization declared the first flu pandemic in 41 years on 11 June, 2009. Nature News provides breaking news and authoritative analysis of the science and the politics behind the headlines.
• New York Times: Swine Flu (H1N1 Virus)
  Includes latest developments, overview, swine flu resources, historic documents on previous swine flu outbreaks.
• Newsweek: The Path of a Pandemic
  How one virus spread from pigs and birds to humans around the globe. And why microbes like the H1N1 flu have become a growing threat. (May 2, 2009)
• Swine Flu Health Map
  Latest information on where Swine Flu outbreaks are emerging
• Washington Post: Swine Flu
  News and Information on the Outbreak

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History

• CDC: Emerging Infectious Diseases
  Below are some articles from the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention on previous flu outbreaks.
  • Influenza Pandemics of the 20th Century
  • 1918 Influenza Pandemic: the Mother of All Pandemics
    The "Spanish" influenza pandemic of 1918-1919 and its origins
  • The Swine Flu Episode and the Fog of Epidemics
    An article about the 1976 Swine Flu scare.
  • Stages of a Pandemic
• The Great Pandemic
  The Influenza Pandemic occurred in three waves in the United States throughout 1918 and 1919. Read about the pandemic in Pennsylvania.
• Influenza Digital Archive
  The Center for the History of Medicine at the University of Michigan Medical School investigated American communities that experienced extremely low rates of influenza during the infamous 1918-1920 influenza pandemic. One of those communities was the Western Pennyslvania Institute for the Blind in Pittsburgh.