Experts say the rates of death and serious illness from H1N1 are far  from the levels initially predicted by the pandemic alert. In early  November 2009, Harvard University researchers released their findings which showed H1N1 related deaths have so far been the same or lower compared to regular flu. Data for 2009 from the US  [...]

Back in 1917 - 1918  the last big influenza epidemic swept silently across the world bringing death and fear to homes in every land. Little is understood even now and many of the factors that spread the epidemic are still mysterious to science historians. 20 million persons around the world died of the flu, with [...]