Ulrich Schrader's Website

Similar information in German.

Swine flu A (H1N1) seems to make big news now and then. Since only spectacular news are good news, it might be a good idea to go to other places additionally, where the information is not so much biased towards being news worthy and has a higher chance of being reliable. My interactive graph and map of the development of influenza A (H1N1) with recent data from the WHO.

Here is an interactive website to do a flu Self-Assessment based on material from Emory University and provided by microsoft.
Could I have H1N1 flu (swine flu)

The National Health Service NHS of the UK does offer a similar service on a website
Swine flue symptom checker

Further Maps

• WHO Interactive Map of influenza A/H1N1 cases worldwide
• Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) - Human cases of influenza A/H1N1 in the Americas
  Interactive Map
• H1N1 FluTracker - Map that shows the spread of the influenca
• HealthMap - Global Disease Alert Map also maps influenca.
• If you are interested in official information about the recent outbreak of swine flu in Mexico and the U.S., there are a few places that offer good information. To find more than I have listed below, just take a look at the homepage of the institutions, as important news will be posted there probably.

World Health Organization (WHO) -

• Homepage - This is the place to look for recent information
• H1N1 influenza (swine influenza): Level of influenza pandemic alert raised to phase 6 - 11 June 2009
• Swine influenza: Level of influenza pandemic alert raised from phase 4 to phase 5 - 29 April 2009
• Swine Influenza - level of influenza pandemic alert raised from the phase 3 to phase 4. - 27 April 2009
• Statement by WHO Director-General, Dr Margaret Chan - 25 April 2009 
• Infos about Swine Flue A (H1N1) - 24 April 2009
• Interim WHO guidance for the surveillance of human infection with swine influenza A(H1N1) virus [pdf 146kb] - 27 April 2009
• WHO Interim Protocol: Rapid Operations to Contain the Initial Emergence of Pandemic Influenza

Center of Disease Control 

• Homepage - This is the place to look for recent information
• Novel H1N1 Flu (Swine Flu) Public Service Announcements (PSAs)
• CDC - What's new on the Swine Flu Site - keep up with updates on the swine flu investigation
• CDC Swine Flu Updates - an  RSS feed of new postings to the CDC Swine Flu site
• Follow DCD on Twitter
  *** Or see also the CDC twitter feed at the bootom of this page ***
• Social Media Tools for Consumers and Partners - 2009 H1N1 Flu (Swine Flu)

• Interim Guidance for Swine influenza A (H1N1): Taking Care of a Sick Person in Your Home April 25, 2009
• Swine Flu Video Podcast - Apr 25, 2009
  listen to Dr. Joe Bresee (CDC Influenza Division) describing swine flu - signs and symptoms, how it's transmitted, medicines to treat it, how to protect yourself, what to do it you got ill from it.

Information by the National Library of Medicine

• H1N1 - Link List

Center for Biosecurity (University of Pittburgh Medical Center)

• Homepage
• Update on Swine Influenza - Apr 24, 2009

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)

• Homepage

The Cochrane Library

• Cochrane Reviews of Prevention and Treatment of Influenza

Swine Flu Outbreak on Wikipedia

• Homepage

Google Flu shot finder
Google launched a flu shot finder to help people find places where they can get their fall flu shots. Only 20 states in the US are covered so far (Nov 2009). They plan to expand the service to all 50 states www.google.com/flushot.

List of disease surveilance programs