Pig Flu

The CDC epidemiologist expert Joseph Bresee, describes how to recognize the signs and symptoms of swine flu including how swine flu is transmitted, appropriate medicines for treatment and steps to take to prevent or treat illness.

The Center for Disease and Control (CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) is doing whatever possible to identify the ways the virus is being spread and prevent a major epidemic from occuring.

GlaxoSmithKline and Roche have contacted by the World Health Organization regarding their flu treatments amid an outbreak of swine flu that has killed at least 20 people in Mexico, according to The Associated Press. According to the AP, Roche says it has an emergency stockpile of Tamiflu on standby, and Glaxo, which makes Relenza, has been in touch with the WHO to identify what strain is involved.