Swine flu

Guam continues to have no confirmed or probable cases of the H1N1, or swine flu, virus, according to the Department of Public Health and Social Services. In a news release Friday, the health department said all samples routinely taken from people read more..

When a mysterious flu emerged from Mexico in late April, government officials dubbed it “swine flu” — a label that quickly became a hog farmer’s worst nightmare. In the days just after April 24, when the flu began to dominate the globe’s read more..

The number of cases of confirmed swine flu cases at Eton College has increased to four after three more were diagnosed, the Health Protection Agency has said. Parents of pupils at the Berkshire school, which was attended by Princes William and Harry read more..

Three further Eton College pupils have been diagnosed with swine flu, taking the total number of cases at the top public school to four. More suspected cases at the Berkshire school are being investigated after a pupil tested positive there last week read more..

PARIS – A U.S. official in Normandy to prepare for President Obama ’s visit was diagnosed with swine flu and is being treated in a hospital, French authorities said Friday. Eleven other members of the U.S. delegation were placed in isolation for 24 read more..

The Health Protection Agency said the new patients included an adult and a child in London whose infection was said to be “travel related”. Three children in the Midlands also have the virus, but the cause was not yet known, the agency said. A number read more..

The first case of swine flu in Leon County was confirmed Friday, and Leon County Health department officials reminded the public on Saturday that the best precaution against it is “basic hygenie.” Public Information Officer Page Jolly said that read more..

A Rutland High School sophomore has been diagnosed with swine flu, but school officials say they do not believe the school has been exposed to the infection, it was announced Friday afternoon, a day with few students in the building because of the read more..

Australia has 209 identified cases of the swine flu, the nation’s chief medical officer Jim Bishop says. Victoria has the majority of the cases, with 173 people in the state diagnosed with the virus. Queensland has 15 confirmed cases. An infected read more..

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia health officials are reporting three more probable cases of swine flu, bringing the state’s total to seven. The new cases — one in Cabell County and two in Monongalia County — were reported Saturday. The cases read more..

The cruise liner at the centre of Australia’s swine flu outbreak has docked in Brisbane after three crew members tested positive for the virus. The swine flu infections forced the Pacific Dawn to abandon a voyage to the Great Barrier Reef. The read more..

WEST POINT — The U.S. Military Academy at West Point is dealing with its first likely case of swine flu, officials announced Friday. The patient lives and/or works at West Point and is currently home, officials said. The person’s identity was not read more..

CHEYENNE – The Wyoming Department of Health confirmed seven more swine flu infections in Laramie County on Friday, bringing the total number of Wyoming cases to nine. State epidemiologist Dr. Tracy Murphy said the new cases include two adults, two read more..

Pima County’s second swine-flu death was a 10-year-old girl who died May 17, local health officials confirmed Thursday. Johnny Ruiz Cotter, 13, on May 15 became the first person in Pima County to die of the swine flu, also called the H1N1 virus. A read more..

May 29 (Bloomberg) — Carnival Corp. plans to reimburse passengers cruising Australia’s Great Barrier Reef after dozens of people caught swine flu onboard the luxury ship Pacific Dawn. Flu cases among those travelers have been found in Canberra and read more..

A cruise ship off the coast of Australia has been ordered to remain at sea in response to three H1N1 flu cases on board, officials say. Federal Health Minister Nicola Roxon said the P&O Pacific Dawn, which is currently off the coast of the state of read more..

Australian hotels have told health authorities they’re not hospitals and should not be expected to accommodate people suffering swine flu. The Australian Hotel Association (AHA) said calling on people exposed to swine flu to confine themselves to read more..

Australian hotels have told health authorities they’re not hospitals and should not be expected to accommodate people suffering swine flu. The Australian Hotel Association (AHA) said calling on people exposed to swine flu to confine themselves to read more..

A swine flu vaccine will be available within weeks and the federal government is bankrolling urgent research into the virus as the number of confirmed cases in Australia jumped to 207. Victoria remains Australia’s swine flu capital, with the state read more..

ATLANTA (AP) — 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. Dr. Anne Schuchat (Shook-it) of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and read more..

May 29 (Bloomberg) — Carnival Corp. ’s luxury cruise ship Pacific Dawn was asked not to stop at ports in north Queensland after dozens of people caught swine flu while sailing in the South Pacific, Australian health officials said. “All read more..

ATLANTA — 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. Dr. Anne Schuchat of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the read more..

May 29 (Bloomberg) — Carnival Corp. ’s luxury cruise ship Pacific Dawn was asked not to stop at ports in north Queensland after dozens of people caught swine flu while sailing in the South Pacific, Australian health officials said. read more..

Venezuela’s health ministry is reporting the country’s first swine flu case: a 22-year-old man who arrived on a flight from Panama earlier this week. read more..

Disturbing footage of Egypt’s anti-swine flu cull of pigs shocks animal rights groups, Yolande Knell reports. read more..

A cruise ship operator has apologised to 2000 passengers after positive swine flu tests convinced management to abort a north Queensland cruise, including a visit to the Great Barrier Reef. P&O’s Pacific Dawn is instead heading towards Brisbane. Nine read more..

CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuela’s health ministry is reporting the country’s first swine flu case: a 22-year-old man who arrived on a flight from Panama earlier this week. The ministry says the man is receiving the proper treatment and has been read more..

The patient has been treated and is now recovering at home, NHS Cambridgeshire has announced. Despite the latest outbreak, the body has insisted there is no need for alarm among residents. Dr Liz Robin, director of public health for Cambridgeshire read more..

147 confirmed cases of swine flu in Australia Government orders 10 million doses of vaccine Pacific Dawn confirmed as plague ship THE number of confirmed swine flu cases in Australia has risen to 147, as the Federal Government orders 10 million doses read more..

A child installs cardboard cut-outs of pigs during a demonstration about swine flu, officially known as A(H1N1), outside the WHO headquarters on Wednesday in Geneva, Switzerland. The global swine flu death toll passed 100 on Wednesday with one new read more..

Since it first caught public attention a little over a month ago, swine flu has captured numerous headlines, in addition to generating a lot of new, cautionary information for people to learn. As the cases of the new swine flu virus continue to rise read more..

Australia has 147 confirmed cases of swine flu but that number is expected to rise over the next few days. Victoria on Thursday accounted for most of the new cases, with 43 reported bring the state’s total to 96. But Australia’s chief medical officer read more..

HYANNIS — Two local men have been stricken with swine flu, bringing the number of confirmed cases on the Cape this spring to at least five. A 30-year-old landscaper got sick after traveling to Six Flags New England in Agawam, and a 48-year-old Cape read more..

A cruise ship with 2,000 passengers aboard has had its voyage cut short and will head to an Australian port for medical help after three crew members were diagnosed Thursday with swine flu, a health official said. It was the second time that people read more..

AUGUSTA, Maine— The number of swine flu cases in Maine is holding steady but health officials are alarmed by the spread of the virus in nearby states. The Maine Center for Disease Control says there are 10 confirmed or probable swine flu cases in read more..

BUCHAREST, Romania — Health Minister Ioan Bazac confirmed on Wednesday (May 27th) the first swine flu case in the country. The patient is a 30-year-old woman who returned from the United States over the weekend. Separately Wednesday, Albania said read more..

A test that can be used to accurately identify swine flu within 24 hours has already been developed by an Australian biomedical company. Pallane Medical Pty Ltd, which is commercialising a test to identify viruses, says the test can identify swine read more..

A test that can be used to accurately identify swine flu within 24 hours has already been developed by an Australian biomedical company. Pallane Medical, which is commercialising a test to identify viruses, says the test can identify swine flu read more..

Chicago- The global swine flu death toll marched past 100 on Wednesday with one new fatality reported in the United States and four more in Mexico, the two countries where the first outbreaks were reported. Prior to the latest North American deaths read more..

Washoe County health officials Wednesday confirmed another eight cases of swine flu, raising the county’s total to 58 cases, 35 of them at Mendive Middle School. Five of the new cases are students at Mendive, one is a student at Shaw Middle School in read more..

A fourth person in Arizona and six more in Mexico have died from complications of swine flu _ pushing the world’s death toll to 108. Arizona Department of Health Services spokeswoman Laura Oxley confirmed on Wednesday the death of a girl from Pima read more..

Australia is ready to quarantine an entire cruise ship carrying 2,000 passengers to limit the spread of swine flu, Health Minister Nicola Roxon said. As experts warned Australia’s rapidly rising number of swine flu cases could become an epidemic read more..

UPDATE 4.25pm: CLAIMS that millions of Australians may catch swine flu are alarmist, the nation’s top doctor says. The number of confirmed cases of swine flu in Australia has surged to 103 over the past 24 hours, up from 61 cases on Wednesday. The read more..

A case of swine flu has been confirmed at Stoughton’s O’Donnell Middle School, but school officials have not reported any increase in student absenteeism. The student is recovering at home. A state test confirmed the boy had the H1N1 strain of read more..