Swine flu, most of us even didn’t know about this word before the news came from US that it is spreading at a high rate and even becoming a cause of death for many individuals. Swine flu is a type of disease that affects our respiratory system and it is caused by the virus named Orthomyxovirus.

It was in the start of June 20009 when news of the swine flu cases in US started heating up. Till June 13, it has been observed that approximately 17,000 cases were confirmed swine flu and 44 people died due to this. And soon the number changes to 87 for died and 21,400 for the affected ones.

The very common symptoms in the cases of swine flu are sore throats and running noses. And the prevention from this flu that has been discovered yet is some drugs that can kill this virus in the body and nasal sanitizers that can kill the flu virus.