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Symptoms of swine flu are similar to those of our regular flu, with sudden onset of: FeverLethargyLack of appetite Coughing Some people with swine flu also have reported: Runny noseSore throatNausea, vomiting and diarrhea. Can people catch swine flu from eating pork?No. H1N1 swine flu viruses are very different from human H1N1 viruses and, therefore, vaccines for human flu would not provide

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Human-to-human transmission of swine flu is believed to occur the same way as seasonal flu, mainly through coughing or sneezing of people infected with the influenza virus. The use of a respirator mask can help protect you from infection and illness. Acme United N95 Particulate Respirator with Exhalation Valve $4.93 EA Respirators protect against

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There is a vaccine available that can be given to pigs to prevent swine influenza. But there is no vaccine to protect humans from swine flu.

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Epidemiologists have been warning for years that it's just a matter of time before a new strain of the flu emerges that has the potential to kill millions. Flu pandemics have historically occurred about three times per century and the world hasn't seen one in more than 40 years. If an influenza virus changes and becomes a new strain against which people have little or no immunity -- and this

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Yes. The CDC reports that the virus in these latest cases is a never-before-seen mixture of viruses typical among pigs, birds and humans. The influenza A H1N1 virus contains DNA typical to avian, swine and human viruses, including elements from European and Asian swine viruses. Although it's called swine flu, this new strain is not infecting pigs and has never been seen in pigs.

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Usually no. But what makes this new outbreak worrisome is that in all the recent cases, none had any direct contact with pigs. Two of the new cases were among 16-year-olds at the same school in San Antonio and there's a father-daughter pair in California, said CDC's Dr. Anne Schuchat.

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Normally, swine flu bugs don't infect people. When they do, it's been in people who have direct contact with pigs; historically, there's such a case every year or two in the U.S. Between Dec. 2005 and Feb. 2009, there were12 human swine flu infections in the U.S. -- about four a year. It's possible this uptick was due to improved reporting systems, but the U.S. Centers for Disease Control

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Like humans, pigs get the flu. They develop a sudden fever, a barking cough, sneezing, lethargy and typically lose their appetite. Pigs usually don't die from swine flu; their flu viruses cause high levels of illness but low death rates. Swine influenza viruses circulate among pigs throughout the year, but most outbreaks occur during the late fall and winter, just like with outbreaks in

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