Swine Influenza (Flu)
In response to an intensifying outbreak in the United States and internationally caused
by a new influenza virus of swine origin, the World Health Organization raised the worldwide pandemic alert level to Phase
5 on April 29, 2009. A Phase 5 alert is a "strong signal that a pandemic is imminent and that the time to finalize the
organization, communication, and implementation of the planned mitigation measures is short." Read more...