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Obesity may be a risk factor in swine flu

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 20:35:25 GMT

Some swine flu cases in Michigan are raising questions about obesity's role in why some people with infections become seriously ill.

84 sick cadets being tested for swine flu

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:44:04 GMT

The Air Force Academy says 84 cadets with flu-like symptoms have been isolated are being tested for swine flu.

Swine flu shots could begin this fall

Thu, 9 Jul 2009 21:31:12 GMT

The Obama administration says vaccinations against swine flu are likely and probably will begin in mid-October, assuming soon-to-start studies go well.

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Thu, 9 Jul 2009 21:31:12 GMT

Officials to step up swine flu resistance testing

Wed, 8 Jul 2009 00:39:31 GMT

U.S. health officials are stepping up testing of swine flu cases for Tamiflu resistance.

Report: Local swine flu alerts came too slowly

Tue, 7 Jul 2009 22:43:39 GMT

Many local health departments in the United States were slow to alert residents to the public health threat posed by the new H1N1 influenza virus in April, according to a new report.

U.N. chief: $1 billion needed against swine flu

Mon, 6 Jul 2009 19:09:11 GMT

The United Nations may need more than $1 billion this year to help poor countries fight the swine flu pandemic, the world body's Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Monday.

New swine flu inefficient in attacking people

Thu, 2 Jul 2009 21:31:01 GMT

With swine flu continuing to spread around the world, researchers say they have found the reason it is — so far — more a series of local blazes than a wide-raging wildfire.

WHO working to model swine flu spread

Wed, 1 Jul 2009 19:55:12 GMT

The World Health Organization said it is working to mathematically model the spread of swine flu.

Swine flu’s spread tracked through air travel

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:00:02 GMT

In a startling measure of just how widely a new disease can spread, researchers accurately plotted swine flu’s course around the world by tracking air travel from Mexico.

Drug-resistant swine flu seen in Danish patient

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:18:43 GMT

For the first time, a case of swine flu has proven resistant to Tamiflu — the leading pharmaceutical weapon against the new virus, international health officials said Monday.

Spanish woman with swine flu has healthy baby

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:02:10 GMT

Madrid hospital officials say a seriously ill woman suffering from swine flu has successfully given birth to a healthy child by Cesarean section.

CDC eyes 600 million doses of swine flu shots

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 22:04:56 GMT

A potential fall swine flu immunization campaign may involve an unprecedented 600 million doses of vaccine, officials said on Friday.

U.S. swine flu cases may have hit 1 million

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:46:35 GMT

Health officials estimate that as many as 1 million Americans now have the new swine flu, although only 28,000 cases in the U.S. have been reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Swine flu cases spike in 2 Mexican states

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 20:51:20 GMT

Mexican health officials say swine flu cases have spiked in the southern states of Yucatan and Chiapas prompting authorities to start the summer break weeks early.

WHO: Swine flu virus is stable

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:11:52 GMT

World Health Organization Director-General Margaret Chan said on Thursday that the H1N1 virus was stable and there was no sign of it mixing with the avian flu virus.

Australia fears swine flu hitting Aborigines

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:25:20 GMT

An indigenous Australian from a remote, impoverished town became the country's first swine-flu-related death.

Chicago couple with swine flu say 'I do'

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 19:08:05 GMT

The bride wore white — and a face mask. Ilana Jackson and Jeremy Fierstien of Chicago wore surgical masks and latex gloves to their wedding last Sunday after finding out less than 48 hours before that they had swine flu.

U.S. swine flu cases top 21,000 as deaths rise

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 21:46:30 GMT

America's count of swine flu cases has risen to 21,449 cases and deaths have nearly doubled to 87. The continued spread signals “something different” is happening with the new H1N1 flu strain.

Vaccinate kids to control H1N1 flu: researchers

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:41:24 GMT

Targeting children for vaccination may be the best way of using limited supplies of vaccine to control the current H1N1 flu pandemic, British researchers said on Thursday.

Calif. students stuck in China due to swine flu

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:24:02 GMT

A group of ninth graders and teachers from a California private school has been quarantined in China after seven of them tested positive for swine flu on a school trip.

Sanofi to donate 100 million flu shots to WHO

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:06:11 GMT

Vaccine maker Sanofi Aventis said on Wednesday it will donate 100 million doses of vaccine against the new H1N1 swine flu to the World Health Organization once it gets them made.

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Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:06:11 GMT

Cruise ship with flu outbreak heads to Aruba

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 20:12:33 GMT

A Caribbean cruise spoiled by a swine flu outbreak ended amid a swarm of masked medical workers on Friday, and broader fears about the pandemic's spread in the region prompted cancellation of a 26-nation sports festival.

Bubonic plague reported in Libya

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:23:15 GMT

Libyan authorities have reported an outbreak of bubonic plague in the Mediterranean coastal town of Tubruq, and the World Health Organization was sending a team to investigate, a WHO official said on Tuesday.

Kids may be first in line for swine flu shots

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:18:48 GMT

Schoolchildren may be first in line for swine flu vaccine this fall — and might even be able to get the shot right at school.

FDA making a dent against swine flu scams

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 19:17:28 GMT

Concerned over a surge of phony swine flu treatments hawked on the Internet, the Food and Drug Administration has ordered dozens of Web site operators to stop making fraudulent claims.

WHO: Swine flu pandemic has begun

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 22:17:41 GMT

The World Health Organization has told its member nations it is declaring a swine flu pandemic — the first global flu epidemic in 41 years.

First batch of swine flu vaccine produced

Fri, 12 Jun 2009 12:10:40 GMT

Swiss pharmaceuticals company Novartis AG said Friday it has successfully produced a first batch of swine flu vaccine weeks ahead of expectations.

Swine flu may have been spreading in August

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 18:50:21 GMT

As early as last August, the swine flu virus may have been spreading among people — long before it was first recognized in April, scientists reported Thursday.

New Orleans mayor out of quarantine in China

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:54:33 GMT

After Hurricane Katrina four years ago, New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin figured he could get through just about anything. But being held in quarantine in China amid swine flu concerns on what was supposed to be a simple economic development trip?

Japan eyes cell phones as pandemic fighters

Sun, 7 Jun 2009 16:25:01 GMT

A few months from now, a highly contagious disease will spread through a Japanese elementary school. The epidemic will start with several unwitting children, who will infect others as they attend classes and wander the halls.

Swine flu to spread in Southern Hemisphere

Fri, 5 Jun 2009 00:55:07 GMT

Mexico has seen the worst of swine flu, but the virus will likely continue to spread worldwide as flu season ramps up in the Southern Hemisphere.

Report: Pigs underestimated as flu source

Thu, 4 Jun 2009 20:44:56 GMT

Global health officials underestimated the risk that pig herds might be a source of new influenza strains, choosing instead to focus on the threat of bird flu, researchers said.

CDC: Swine flu shot could be ready by October

Fri, 29 May 2009 16:11:48 GMT

A U.S. health official said a swine flu vaccine could be available as early as October, but only if vaccine production and testing run smoothly this summer.

U.S. moving closer to swine flu vaccine

Fri, 22 May 2009 22:32:35 GMT

Inching closer to a swine flu vaccine, the government is beginning to analyze two candidates for the key ingredient to brew one.

WHO flu alerts to reflect severity and spread

Fri, 5 Jun 2009 18:13:39 GMT

The World Health Organization kept its pandemic flu alert at the second-highest level but said that future changes would reflect both the severity and spread of a global outbreak.

Kuwait: 18 swine flu infected GIs leave

Sun, 24 May 2009 17:08:25 GMT

All 18 U.S. soldiers infected with swine flu have recovered and left this oil-rich ally of Washington, a Kuwaiti health official said Sunday.

What's in a cough? 20,000 viruses

Tue, 12 May 2009 16:47:57 GMT

The next time you cough or sneeze, there is good reason to cover your mouth. As many as 20,000 viruses are expelled in an average cough.

Swine flu may be hitting the young the hardest

Wed, 6 May 2009 20:23:37 GMT

There were more signs Wednesday that those hardest-hit by swine flu are the young.

Experts: Don’t try ‘pox party’ for swine flu

Wed, 6 May 2009 19:38:08 GMT

It seems logical: Why not try to get sick with swine flu now, and get some immunity in case it comes roaring back this fall in a deadlier form?