Schools are opening in Pakistan tomorrow after summer vacations. All the countries in the region and in the world are taking measures to protect and safegaurd the youth by at least informing them about the precautions against swine flu. Pakistanis, it seems are living in isloation and ignorance. Parents please take protective measures. (The News) Sunday, August 30, 2009 PARIS: Swine flu spreads four times faster than other viruses and 40 per cent of the fatalities are young adults in good health, the ... Read More

One of the world's leading virologists warned last night that the swine flu virus shares worrying similarities with Spanish flu – which wiped out 50 million people in 1918 – and that we should be prepared for the worst. The global pandemic gives swine flu an opportunity to mutate into another form, said Professor Osterhaus, head of virology at the Erasmus University Medical Centre in Rotterdam and the man who discovered the H5N1 avian flu virus in humans. "We cannot predict what's ... Read More