Swine flu is not spreading out of control in Australia, a local influenza expert says. See the original post: No need for swine flu panic: local expert (WA Today)  Read More →

June 1 (Bloomberg) — Australian authorities said the number of swine flu cases reached 306 and some 2,000 passengers and crew on Carnival Corp.’s Pacific Dawn cruise ship disembarked in Sydney today after being cleared of the disease. View post:  Australia Swine Flu Cases at 306; Cruise Ship... 

Almost 2,000 passengers disembark in Sydney from a cruise ship at the centre of a swine flu outbreak in Australia. Read more: Australia swine flu ship cleared (BBC News)  Read More →

June 1 (Bloomberg) — Japanese researcher Yasuhiro Tsukamoto’s flock of 500 ostriches are being enlisted into the global fight against swine flu by exploiting Japan’s practice of wearing masks in public to ward off allergies and colds. Read more here:  Japan Flocks to Ostrich Masks to Help... 

Swine flu is not spreading out of control in Australia, a local influenza expert says. View post:  Swine flu under control: expert (WA Today)  Read More →

June 1 (Bloomberg) — Australian authorities said the number of swine flu cases reached 302 and will let some 2,000 passengers and crew on Carnival Corp.’s Pacific Dawn cruise ship disembark in Sydney today after they were cleared of the disease. View original post here:  Australian Swine Flu... 

The UK is likely to be struck by a swine flu pandemic in the early autumn before a vaccine is available, an influenza expert said yesterday. Go here to see the original:  Swine flu pandemic likely to hit UK in early autumn before vaccine is ready (u.tv)  Read More →

WASHINGTON, May 31 (UPI) — This year’s swine flu outbreak refuted many of the predictions about how the next large-scale flu pandemic would originate and spread, experts say. See the original post:  Experts said unprepared for swine flu (UPI)  Read More →

Three more cases of swine flu are confirmed and many more suspected as an outbreak at Eton College is investigated. See the rest here: Eton swine flu outbreak spreads (BBC News)  Read More →

May 31 (Bloomberg) — Eton College , the boarding school that educated Prince William and 18 British prime ministers, said it will offer antiviral medication to all students and staff after 32 possible cases of swine flu were found. See more here: Eton to Offer Tamiflu for 32 Possible Swine Flu...