In my previous post, I covered how H1N1 is not looking as dangerous as we've been led to believe. While the media keeps reporting on every individual swine flu death (and they have managed to find some very tragic cases), the fact remains that we are not seeing the ...

It's still early in the flu season - so it's possible that things could still go badly. However, the data out of the southern hemisphere says that all the noise about "swine flu" is pretty much without merit. The data speak for themselves. While almost 36,000 deaths are ...

Here's an allergy that's hard to explain: Darren Young is allergic to his wife. If he touches his wife when she is wearing cosmetics, creams or lotions, he breaks out in blotches and has a reaction that sends his heart rate crazy. Technically, Young is not actually allergic to his ...

If you have a life-threatening egg allergy - and react to even minute traces - the swine flu vaccine may not be for you. Dr David Butler-Jones, Canada's chief medical officer, says that if you have egg allergies, get vaccinated under the supervision of your allergist. In some cases, allergists ...