Tag: SWINEFLU

Usually when we're getting spammed and scammed by fake online pharmacies, we're being offered steep discounts on Viagra. But Russian gangs are turning their attention from 79-percent Pfizer discounts to offers for Tamiflu, the antiviral medication used to combat both the seasonal and swine flu. Security firm Sophos claims to have intercepted hundreds of millions of fake flu-related spam ...

Having conquered general Web searches, e-mail, video, and advertising, Google is now trying to become a one-stop repository for all your flu information needs. You can already look up information about general flu trends, and track outbreaks of the swine flu, so it only makes sense that the next step would pertain to prevention. Google has partnered with the Department of Health and Human ...

As we turn the corner on 2009 and head down the home stretch, we're also running right into the wall of flu season, which means more (legit) sick days. Instead of just moaning in bed, though, many workers are now spending their sick days telecommuting from home, going online to touch base and keep up with the office. In the face of the recent H1N1 [Ed., Thanks, CAE.] pandemic, the number of ...

Most people do anything they can to prevent viruses from infecting their high-tech toys. One group of Japanese scientists, though, have created a robot that actually embraces an especially virulent (and topical) strain: Swine Flu. The robot , unveiled at the recent Security and Safety Trade Expo (RISCON) in Tokyo as part of a series of flu-prevention devices, is designed to exhibit symptoms of ...

Back a few months ago, swine flu scams and misinformation plagued Twitter accounts. While the hysteria surrounding the disease has calmed somewhat, there are still foul folks out there trying to make a quick buck by capitalizing on fear. According to Newsvine, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has discovered and warned creators of more than 140 products that falsely claim to combat H1N1, ...

You know the deal -- there's an app for everything. Literally. And now there is an app for tracking the over-hyped medical threat that the press has dubbed Swine Flu. Sure, Swine Flu has been less deadly than Bird Flu (which wasn't particularly deadly to begin with), and less fun to say than Monkey Pox, but that hasn't stopped the media from turning it into a story you can't avoid. So, while you ...

We've been keeping a close eye on this ongoing Swine Flu "pandemic," if mostly just to gawk at CNN medical correspondent Sanjay Gupta as he barrels around Mexico City doing his best to look like a post-apocalyptic hero. Of course, if Swine Flu cases were proportional to the amount of media coverage the health-scare has been getting, we might actually have something to worry about. But you ...

According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), the swine flu is a type-A influenza virus that affects pigs, manifesting itself as a respiratory illness before typically resulting in outbreaks among swine. Of course, as most of us now know, the disease can also spread to humans. So far, 40 U.S. citizens have fallen victim to the virus this year. According to the CDC, only one person remains ...