We’re Not Out of the Woods Yet with Swine Flu

Swine flu may have fallen off the front pages in recent days, but federal and state health officials say that the illness is spreading so quickly that it’s hard to keep count of the victims. In the past week alone, they say, the swine flu has accounted for about 40 percent of the flu viruses diagnosed in the United States. Read more

Some 2 billion people worldwide could be infected by swine flu if the current outbreak turns into a pandemic, the World Health Organization said Thursday. “If we do move into a pandemic, then our expectation is that we will see a large number of people infected worldwide,” WHO flu chief Keiji Fukuda said. Read more.