A potentially deadly new strain of the swine flu virus cropped up in more places in the United States and Mexico on Saturday, in what the World Health Organization called "a public health emergency of ...

Those exposed are taking extra precaution to keep the virus from spreading. April 26, 2009— -- When Patrick Henshaw's son became sick last Friday, little did he know that the 18-year-old had ...

Questions abound about how to best inoculate the world against swine flu as health officials plan for a campaign that could dwarf any previous flu vaccination effort. Among the issues to be resolved ...

Using genomic data from the UK and Norway, scientists modelled bacterial transmission rates and discovered key differences between strains ...

Swine Influenza (swine flu) is a respiratory disease of pigs caused by type A influenza viruses that causes regular outbreaks in pigs. People do not normally get swine flu, but human infections can ...

On the heels of six pediatric flu-related deaths in the commonwealth during the 2024-25 flu season, the Central Shenandoah ...

June 9 -- TUESDAY, June 9 (HealthDay News) -- A surge in cases of H1N1 swine flu in Australia may tip the balance and cause the World Health Organization to soon declare the first flu pandemic since ...

SEATTLE - At least five schools in Western Washington will be closed Friday, some as long as a week, because of the growing number of possible swine flu cases in the state, which has reached a total ...

ATLANTA — The new swine-flu virus lacks the traits that made the 1918 pandemic strain so deadly, a U.S. health official said Friday. Scientists in Mexico studying the swine-flu virus have found that ...

Last year's flu season was the worst California had seen in years — and state health officials warn this year could potentially be just as bad.

Researchers have, for the first time, estimated how quickly E. coli bacteria can spread between people — and one strain moves ...