Center for Disease Control Podcast on the Swine Flu

The Center for Disease Control has released an MP3 podcast with information about the Swine Flu. This audio file is about 4 megs. On dial up, it might take about 15 to download.

In this podcast, Dr. Joe Bresee – who is with the CDC Influenza Division – describes swine flu, discusses the signs, symptoms, how it’s transmitted, medicines to treat it, steps people can take to protect themselves from it, and what people should do if they become ill.

[audio:SwineFlu.mp3]

Follow this link to read a transcript of the swine flu audio file. That link also goes to where the audio file can be downloaded.

A special thank you goes to Dr. Joe Bresee and the Center for Disease Control for making this podcast available to the public.