Swine Flu Pandemic - Worse than Bird Flu and Mad Cow Disease

It was controlled in 1976, 2005, 2006 and wasn't talked much about because the cure was easy to be made for it. Except the one spreading now. Influenza viruses, generally, tend to change shapes and forms so the body immune won't find them easily.

The new Swine H1N1 Virus is a mixture of bird, swine and human viruses merged inside the pig's respiratory system creating a strong fatal virus with an almost impossible cure.

The pandemic started showing in Mexico, then reported in US, then in New Zealand, and now in Canada. It's obviously spreading fast before the cure is found killing almost 150 infected in the world (WHO) since 24th of April 2009.

This is not an average Influenza, we were scared to the bones when we heard about the Mad Cow Disease and then about the Bird Flu, well, this is so far the scariest one. Originally Swine Flu only infects pigs, but unfortunately the one that has evolved now is able to pass the infection from pigs and humans and from humans to humans.

April Fools Virus Time Bomb - Be Careful

Millions of computer and internet users were infected with the Conficker April Fools Virus. This virus will remain benign until April 1st of 2009. At this date the virus will disable all browsers on infected computers to be able to reach any antivirus or antispyware websites. It will deactivate the automatic scan of all antivirus scanners except Norton Antivirus.

The virus will turn your machine into a spyware hotspot. It will let itself download and load many advertisements and software of unknown behaviour. It will open ports to hackers so they will be able to steal personal files and information from your laptop.

The only way to prevent this threat is to download Norton Antivirus or Norton 360 v3.0 from Symantec website. If you can't go to the website then be sure that you're infected. If you can't load websites as fast as before then you're also infected. If you see strange software popping up and constant advertisements loading or you're being redirected to other websites then also you're infected. Look for the signs. This virus is activated today.

Drug that Can Mutate Aids Virus to Self-Destruct

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This microscopic image in false color shows the HIV virus up close. Famous for its ability to evolve and evade drugs designed against it, HIV appears vulnerable to a new drug that speeds up the mutation process. It takes time and may not work for all patients, but early clinical trials are promising.

HIV is notorious for its ability to mutate and evade drugs designed to destroy it. Now scientists are testing a new drug that actually speeds up that rate of change in the hope that the deadly virus will mutate itself to death.

"The HIV virus is so dependent on mutation that it really lives on the edge of existence," said John Reno, Chief Operating Officer for Koronis Pharmaceuticals, the company developing a drug called KP-1461. "But we figured that if we could increase this mutation rate, [HIV] might finally fall off that edge."

KP-1461 is a mutagen, meaning it encourages mutation, and has been in development for several years by the scientists at Koronis Pharmaceuticals.