Stop the Viral Pandemic
preemptivekarma.com 11/12/2008 — I repeatedly have seen in the news over the past couple of years reports of the federal, state and local governments preparing for a global viral pandemic. Whether bird flu or smallpox or some other...

Swine Flu has 'pandemic potential'
briefingroom.thehill.com 4/25/2009 — The swine flu outbreak in Mexico could become a pandemic, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said this morning. "It has pandemic potential," said Margaret Chan, Director General of the World Health Organization, according to the Washington Post. "It is infecting people." "The ...

WHO: Swine flu pandemic has begun
msnbc.msn.com 6/11/2009 — The World Health Organization has told its member nations it is declaring a swine flu pandemic — the first global flu epidemic in 41 years.

Researchers unlock secrets of 1918 flu pandemic
democraticunderground.com 12/30/2008 — Source: [b]Reuters[/b] WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Researchers have found out what made the 1918 flu pandemic so deadly -- a group of three genes that lets the virus invade the lungs and cause pneumonia. They mixed samples of the 1918 influenza strain with modern seasonal flu viruses to find ...

The 1918 Influenza Pandemic
virus.stanford.edu 4/26/2009 — The 1918 Influenza Pandemic

WHO: Swine Flu is Pandemic
drudge.com 6/11/2009 — The World Health Organization raised the H1N1 swine flu alert to the highest level, making it the first flu pandemic in 41 years. There have been 27,000 cases in 74 countries, including 141 deaths.

So... Now It's A Pandemic?
dailykos.com 6/11/2009 — Hey, guess what? While you were sleeping, the world didn't change. But for reasons of timing and international politics, the same swine-derived (H1N1) novel influenza A that has already spread from North America to nearly every continent is now "on ...

Too much knowledge can exaggerate the danger of a pandemic
vancouversun.com 4/29/2009 — Amid the uncertainty over whether this swine flu outbreak will expand from a serious Mexican epidemic into the global pandemic long expected by public health authorities, one thing is certain. As events unfold, the public will know more about the ...

WHO raises pandemic flu alert level to phase 4 (AP)
news.yahoo.com 4/27/2009 — AP - Mexico says the World Health Organization has raised its pandemic alert for swine flu by one level, two steps short of declaring a full-blown pandemic

GOP Know-Nothings Fought Pandemic Preparedness
thenation.com 4/27/2009 — When House Appropriations Committee chairman David Obey, the Wisconsin Democrat who has long championed investment in pandemic preparation, included roughly $900 million for that purpose in this year's emergency stimulus bill, he was ridiculed by ...