You hear it mentioned in almost any episode of 24, but an excellent resource for up to date information on the Swine Flu outbreak is available at the Center for Disease Control. Check the guidance for professionals section for specific articles – scroll down to the bottom. Most of these articles do not require any knowledge of medicine to understand.
Check this Google Maps project for tracking outbreaks and suspected outbreaks in your region.
There have been a few suggestions on the local news that some information would become available next week about this outbreak in the state of Oregon – sorry Oregon, that’s just too long to wait! If by chance this strain has gotten into any school, its also likely to already have been brought home to the family. Step one is to send home anyone with flu-like symptoms and keep them home the full 7 days after the symptoms pass.