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  [...]

Swine flu is a contagious viral respiratory disease. Usually it only infects pigs but it is capable of jumping species and infecting humans. Many of the Mexicans who died this spring from the swine flu worked on or near pig farms. Once it infects one human, it can keep spreading from person to person. [...]