Influenza, commonly referred to as the flu, is an infectious disease caused by a virus that affects birds and mammals. The most common symptoms of the flu are chills, fever, sore throat, muscle pains, severe headache, coughing, weakness and general discomfort. In more serious cases, the flu can lead to pneumonia, which can be fatal, particularly for the young and the elderly.
There’s a lot of hype and concern now about the new H1N1 swine flu and the possibility for a global pandemic. It appears the swine flu is currently no worse than the regular flu, but health officials worry that the swine flu will reemerge with the autumn flu season even stronger than today.
If there’s a problem in the world, we can always count on one or more innovative computer scientists trying to solve the problem with software. Here’s a collection of software for analyzing and treating the flu
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