- 1918 Influenza Pandemic@
- About.com: Flu Symptoms
 - Describes some typical flu symptoms in children including nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. - All About Flu
- Offers articles and discussions concerning flu symptoms and treatments.
- Avian Flu - The Pandemic Threat and the Global Strategy
- Offers webcast of the symposium on avian flu conducted by Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
- Avian Influenza Infection in Humans
- Covers cases of avian influenza viruses -- including H5N1, H9N2, and H7N7 -- infecting humans since the 1997. From the Centres for Disease Control.
- BBC Health: Flu Symptoms
- Lists common flu symptoms as well as special symptoms that can occur in children.
- Better Homes and Gardens: Cold, Flu and Allergies Guide
- Interactive guide to help you investigate what ails you and what you can do about it.
- CDC: Avian Influenza (Bird Flu)
- Offers basic information on the disease, overview of recent outbreaks, guidance for care providers, travel recommendations, hotline numbers, and links.
- CDC: What You Should Know About the Flu
- Includes updates on the October to May flu season in the U.S. Also has primer on the illness and types of flu viruses, and information on flu shots.
- Colds and Flu: Time Only Sure Cure
- Lists common and distinguishing symptoms of each disease and describes the medications that relieve the symptoms while the body's immune system cures the illness.
- eMedicineHealth: Flu in Adults
- Provides an overview of adult influenza and its causes, symptoms, and treatment.
- eMedicineHealth: Flu in Children
- Consumer health resource centre providing an overview of the flu in children and its causes, symptoms, and treatment.
- FluFacts.com
- Offers information on the flu, flu symptoms, and treatment options. From Roche Laboratories Inc.
- fluFACTS.com for Health Care Professionals
- Information about the flu including diagnosis, impact, contagiousness, and symptoms of Influenza types A and B. From Roche Laboratories Inc.
- FluStar
- Tracks and reports the flu by region across the United States. From Roche Laboratories.
- FluWatch.com
- Tool that enables physicians and consumers to track the spread of Influenza using surveillance maps.
- FluWiki
- User-edited encyclopedia dedicated to distributing news and information about the avian flu.
- Influenza A Virus Replication
- Map of how the virus attacks cells and reproduces.
- Influenza Bibliography
- Provides information on current articles and publications for the worldwide influenza surveillance and research community. From the NIMR Library and Information Service.
- Influenza Overview/Introduction
- Explains what influenza is and how to cope with it, with special sections for consumers, health professionals, and the media. From the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases.
- Influenza: A to B
- Provides clinical information, case studies, and learning materials devoted to the A and B types of influenza.
- Is It a Cold or the Flu?
- Compares the common flu and cold symptoms to help patients determine which illness they may have.
- KidsHealth: Is It a Cold or the Flu?
- Offers a guide to symptoms to help determine whether your child is ill with the flu or a cold.
- KidsHealth: The Flu
- Helps kids understand the flu, including how to deal with it and tips for avoiding catching it.
- MayoClinic: Flu
- Find information on flu, flu symptoms, flu shot, and flu treatment.
- MedlinePlus: Influenza
- Includes news related to flu outbreaks and research, general information, symptoms, and prevention.
- National Vaccine Program Office: Pandemic Influenza
- Describes how influenza pandemics start and spread. Includes historical pandemics such as the 1918 Spanish Flu and pandemic scares such as the 1997 Avian Flu.
- Nature: Warnings of a Flu Pandemic
- Special feature containing news and scientific reports about the potential for a new human flu pandemic in the near future.
- NOAH: Influenza
- Consumer information about the different types of the flu, common symptoms, how it affects children, care and treatment, prevention, and vaccination.
- Pandemic Flu and You
- Details how a flu pandemic might affect individuals, families, and businesses. From the Trust for America's Health.
- Pandemic Flu.gov
- Official U.S. government website for information on pandemic flu and avian influenza.
- Scientific American: Disarming Flu Viruses
- The agents, zanamivir (Relenza) and GS 4104, show great promise for preventing influenza infections and for reducing the duration and severity of symptoms in people who begin treatment after they start to feel sick.
- Seasonal Flu
- Information about influenza, flu vaccines, common flu symptoms, and the difference between the cold and the flu. From the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services.
- Treating Influenza
- Provides information on the flu and treatment options.
- WebMD: Influenza Symptoms
- Defines the flu symptoms which often resemble the conditions of common cold such as fever, bodyaches, and fatigue.
- What to Do for Colds and Flu
- Information from the Food and Drug Administration including symptoms, suggestions for avoiding the illnesses, and tips on medications.
- wikiBirdFlu
- Community-created resource about avian influenza. Includes a guide to what bird flu is, how viruses change through mutation and antigenic shift, and an explanation of pandemic flu.
- World Health Organization: Avian Influenza
- Latest information about H5N1 avian influenza, the infectious disease of birds caused by type A strains of the influenza virus and the significance of its transmission to humans. From WHO.
- World Health Organization: Influenza
- Offers information on worldwide surveillance of influenza, recommendations for flu vaccines, pandemic preparedness, and more.
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