The World Health Organization will be holding an emergency meeting today to discuss the newest developments in the H1N1 virus situation across the world.
Here you can see a map of the spread of the virus , and here are the statistics of the various countries that have reported cases so far.
So far, 69 countries have officially reported 21,940 cases of influenza A(H1N1) infection, including 125 deaths.
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The sky isn’t falling in. We’re not all going to be wearing space suits to stay healthy. And no, we don’t have to panic, which is what some people may do when they read headlines such as the one above. That being said, the fact that the World Health Organization is considering raising the pandemic level to 6 – the highest level – is newsworthy.
Some people feel that pandemic automatically means something like the Spanish flu of the early 1900s. That’s not so. A pandemic, by definition, is an illness that has been found to be spreading beyond local areas, …read more

April 7 is World Health Day, begun in 1950 by the World Health Organization (an arm of the United Nations) to highlight a variety of health issues that know no borders. The writers of the b5media Lifestyles Channel write frequently about how health affects families. Below are just a few of their posts:
From “BabyLune,” information about Pregnancy and Thyroid Conditions
From “Career and Kids,” the health implications of working the night shift
From “Dating Dames,” Are open relationships healthy?
From “Tree-Hugging Family,” some facts about greenhouse gases
From “Simply Thrifty,” how to save money on perscription drugs
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