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Image : The H5N1 virus could mutate to a deadlier form and spread to humans Bird Flu 'Could Mutate To Cause Deadly Human Pandemic' -...

Image from AIDS response African Monkey Meat That Could Be Behind The Next HIV -- The Independent Deep in Cameroon's rainforests, poache...

Health workers culling poultry at Shoilpur village near the Indian city of Kolkata. The H5N1 bird flu pandemic spread across the world in 20...

From Breitbart/AFP: Brazilian scientists have identified a new strain of the H1N1 virus after examining samples from a patient in Sao Paulo,...

Swine flu has spread in Australia since a ship with infected passengers there has docked. (HO/Reuters) From AP: GENEVA (AP) — The World Heal...

TERMINOLOGY It is not often clear when the spread of a disease, such as cholera, for which a boy was being treated in Congo, becomes a pande...

A picture shoes an airport thermal camera system monitoring the body heat of passengers arriving from abroad is displayed at Sofia airport i...

From Live Science: On March 28, one month before news of the swine flu outbreak headlined worldwide, a nine-year-old girl in Imperial Count...

Dr. Robert Linhardt's new compound (green spheres) blocks both the N (pink spikes) and H (blue spikes) portion of the flu virus. The com...

Swine flu data so far is very consistent with what researchers would expect to find in the early stages of a pandemic. (Credit: iStockphoto/...

1956/1958- The Asian Flu: Far less deadly than the Spanish flu, the Asian flu of 1956-1958 killed about 70,000 Americans. The strain mutated...

Photo: GOOD OLD SOAP AND WATER: Experts say frequent hand washing is one of the best ways to defend against swine flu. ISTOCKPHOTO/ALANDJ ...

This map shows the projected number of H1N1 "swine flu" cases in the United States at the county level, 28 days from now. Credit: ...

An emergency hospital during 1918 influenza epidemic, in Camp Funston, Kansas. Credit: National Museum of Health and Medicine, Armed Forces ...

From Live Science: Bacteria and viruses that are deadly to one type of creature can evolve quickly to infect another. While the swine flu ou...

No kidding! This CDC photograph captured a sneeze in progress, revealing the plume of salivary droplets as they are expelled in a large cone...

PRECAUTIONS Dozens of deaths have occurred from the swine influenza outbreak in Mexico. People wore surgical masks on Monday in Mexico City....

From Discover Magazine: As the swine flu outbreak continues to spread, with Russia, South Korea, and Australia joining the list of countries...

People, wearing surgical masks as a precaution against infection, stand in line to enter the General Hospital as masked workers monitor the ...

Alistair Dixon, 24, from Grimsby, is met at Heathrow by his father Stanley Photo: David Dyson Mexican Swine Flu Spreads To Europe, Markets...