General Information and Symptoms

From the Centers for Disease Control (CDC):

Swine Influenza (swine flu) is a respiratory disease that regularly causes outbreaks of influenza among pigs. Swine flu viruses do not normally infect humans, however, since March 2009, a number of confirmed human cases of a new strain of swine influenza A (H1N1) virus infection in the U.S. and internationally have been identified. An investigation into these cases is ongoing.

Symptoms Include:

• Fever over 100.4
• Cough
• Sore Throat,
• Body Aches
• Headache
• Rash

• The Centers for Disease Control
• New York State Department of Health
• New York City Department of Health