Monday, April 27, 2009

Best links to Swine Flu Information (H1N1 virus)

Here are the best links I could find on the Swine Flu virus. When an incident like this occurs, as a consumer interested in up-to-date, relevant and comprehensive information on this topic, I found myself searching: 1) Google Web Search; 2) Google News; 3) Twitter.com #swineflu ; 4) Wikipedia ; 5) YouTube.com

1) Google Health News
http://news.google.com/news?pz=1&topic=m

2) World Health Organization Press Briefings
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/multimedia/swineflupressbriefings/en/index.html

3) CDC site
http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu/

4) Google Maps

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&t=p&msa=0&msid=106484775090296685271.0004681a37b713f6b5950&ll=32.639375,-110.390625&spn=15.738151,25.488281&z=5


5) You Tube Video on Swine Flu Virus

Dr. Joe Bresee, CDC Influenza Division.


6) Twitter.com CDC Emergency Site
http://www.twitter.com/CDCemergency

7) Wikipedia - Swine Flu

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swine_flu

8) U.S. State Department Travel Alerts
http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/pa/pa_4488.html

9) N95 Masks and Respirators Info on CDC Site
http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu/masks.htm?s_cid=tw_epr_76

http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/ppe/masksrespirators.html

10) Dr. Sanjay Gupta CNN on Twitter.com
http://www.twitter.com/sanjayguptaCNN