H1N1 Overblown? (Fox News) New study suggests worst case scenario may be only slightly more deadly than typical outbreak of seasonal flu • Avoid H1N1 During the Holidays | VACCINE MAP [News Source]

‘Rational drug design’ identifies fragments of FDA-approved drugs relevant to emerging viruses (Science Daily) A massive, data-crunching computer search program that matches fragments of potential drug molecules to the known shapes of viral surface proteins has identified several FDA-approved drugs that could be the basis for new medicines -- if emerging viruses such as the H5N1 (avian flu) or H1N1/09 (swine flu) develop resistance to current antiviral therapies. [News Source]

Tamiflu: the rise of the swine flu drug (Channel 4) A household name and a recession-buster? Channel 4 News takes a look at the story behind Tamiflu and how swine flu made it big business. [News Source]

Swine flu hits children with sickle cell harder. For reasons no one seems to understand, swine flu hits children with sickle cell disease much harder than seasonal influenza, according to a paper presented Monday at a medical convention in New Orleans... [News Source]

Flu pandemic could be mildest on record. With the second wave of H1N1 infections having crested in the United States, leading epidemiologists are predicting that the pandemic could end up ranking as the mildest since modern medicine began documenting influenza outbreaks. [News Source]

Flu pandemic could be mildest on record. With the second wave of H1N1 infections having crested in the United States, leading epidemiologists are predicting that the pandemic could end up ranking as the mildest since modern medicine began documenting influenza outbreaks. [News Source]

It’s natural to behave irrationally. Climate change is a global problem, with no obvious villains and no one-step solutions, whose effects seem as if they'll befall somebody else. In short, if someone set out to draw up a problem that people would not care about, it would look exactly like climate change. [News Source]

It’s natural to behave irrationally. Climate change is a global problem, with no obvious villains and no one-step solutions, whose effects seem as if they'll befall somebody else. In short, if someone set out to draw up a problem that people would not care about, it would look exactly like climate change. [News Source]

Swine flu shots arrive, just as public loses interest. H1N1, or swine flu as it's commonly called, appears to be ebbing. But no one knows whether 2010 will be a replay of 1958 when the Asian flu came roaring back in January, infecting millions more. If it is, complacency could prove as dangerous as the virus itself [News Source]

Swine flu shots arrive, just as public loses interest. H1N1, or swine flu as it's commonly called, appears to be ebbing. But no one knows whether 2010 will be a replay of 1958 when the Asian flu came roaring back in January, infecting millions more. If it is, complacency could prove as dangerous as the virus itself [News Source]

Bird, Swine Flu Just a Warm-Up; Deadlier Pandemic May Be Next (Bloomberg) Dec. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Alan Sipress needed more than a pen and paper to report on bird flu. To interview the mother of two victims in Java, he showed up wearing a white hooded jumpsuit with goggles, a respirator and rubber gloves that made it hard to take notes. [News Source]