Cherokee actor Wes Studi appeals to Native Americans to seek treatment for seasonal and H1N1 flu, and describes high risk groups who benefit from early treatment with antiviral medications.

The North American plan for avian and pandemic influenza outlines how Canada, Mexico, and the United States intend to work together to combat an outbreak of avian influenza or an influenza pandemic in North America. The Plan complements national emergency management plans and builds upon the core principles of the International Partnership on Avian and Pandemic Influenza, the standards and guidelines of the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE),...

An interview with Anne Schuchat, M.D., Chief Health Officer, CDC, and Director, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, covers: seasonal flu; "2009 H1N1"; 5 priority groups who should receive the H1N1, or swine flu, vaccine; and, safety and distribution of the H1N1 vaccine.

"Once again, nature has presented us with a daunting challenge: the possibility of an influenza pandemic. Scientists and doctors cannot tell us where or when the next pandemic will strike, or how severe it will be, but most agree: at some point, we are likely to face another pandemic. And the scientific community is increasingly concerned by a new influenza virus known as H5N1 -- or avian flu -- that is now spreading through bird populations across...

"When unlikeable Elsie dies in the influenza pandemic of 1918, she comes back to haunt Annie to make sure she'll be Annie's best--and only--friend soon"--Provided by publisher.

As the deadly Spanish Flu claims victims nearby, a small town in the Pacific Northwest votes to quarantine itself.