The H1N1 vaccine is still in short supply, as despite U.S. government assurances over the past few months, H1N1 vaccine supplies are in extremely short supply. With that, and as reports of increasing infections among kids emerge, people are facing another chase: the hunt for liquid Tamiflu for children.

Some infectious disease experts say that the alarm being created for swine flu could be unwarranted.

Industrial engineers Sandra Garrett of Clemson University and Barrett Caldwell of Purdue University have proposed a new system to warn of an impending pandemic by monitoring signals in human behavior. The system could result in using a simple icon on a television screen to warn of future phases of an outbreak of an illness such as the flu.

We should take every precaution to prevent the spread of swine flu. However, let us not be scared to death by the media hype over this strand of swine flu influenza. This lethal threat of Swine flu may be far less serious than some early reports would have us believe

As confirmed swine flu cases rapidly increase across the world, the World Health Organization (WHO) elevates the threat level to 5 (the second highest level) and California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger heightens proactive measures to minimize the swine flu’s impact in California.

As a resident of the city of Milwaukee Wisconsin, I was alarmed to learn that Swine Flu has now hit my city. Of course I'm also from San Diego originally, so both my cities are now hit!

The World Health Organization on Wednesday raised the alert level for the ongoing swine flu outbreak to 5, meaning it believes a global pandemic is imminent.

As controversy swirls about using the term "swine flu" for the A H1N1 virus currently sweeping around the globe, the question arises: what the heck does H1N1 mean?

Emergency room workers will be the first line of defense in the event of a disease pandemic and will be forced to deal with the chaos that inevitably comes with treating thousands of sick and dying.

The journal Respirology has launched a special supplementary issue on the avian influenza. Published by Wiley-Blackwell, the collection of papers present an inclusive insight into the threat of the avian influenza pandemic by addressing a wide range of topics including the basic biology of the virus, updates on laboratory diagnosis and influenza anti-viral, treatment options, and pandemic planning.

The international science community is not doing enough to track the many avian influenza viruses that might cause the next pandemic, a UC Davis researcher says in today's issue of the journal Nature.