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Springer Offers Free Access to Swine Flu Research

Springer Science+Business Media is offering all journal articles that deal with the H1N1 virus, or swine flu, free of charge on www.springerlink.com. The articles can be found by using the search term "H1N1." A total of 318 scientific articles will be available to print out or download until Dec. 31, 2009. The company says that by making the articles available it hopes "to push forward scientific research on the causes, cures, and other facets of this virus."

In June 2009, the World Health Organization raised the worldwide pandemic alert level to Phase 6 in response to the ongoing global spread of the H1N1 virus. A Phase 6 designation indicates that a global pandemic is underway. More than 70 countries are now reporting cases of human infection with H1N1 flu.

SpringerLink provides a comprehensive online collection of scientific, technological, and medical journals, books, and reference works. Originally launched in 1996, SpringerLink provides students and researchers with electronic access to more than 33,000 ebooks and 2,000 peer-reviewed Springer journals, as well as 18,000 protocols for laboratories.

Source: Springer Science+Business Media