Swine flu

A middle-age Smithtown man who died Tuesday became the fourth death associated with swine flu in Suffolk County. The man, between 45 and 55 years old, had been hospitalized since mid-June for “multiple acute and chronic underlying medical problems read more..

PARENTS were being warned last night not to take children to “swine flu parties” in the hope they will catch the disease and build up immunity. Discussions over whether to take steps to acquire immunity before the winter, when the virus is read more..

WASHINGTON— President Barack Obama is hoping that lessons learned from a 1976 flu outbreak can help the country act wisely to combat the current spread of swine flu. The president and other top administration officials met Tuesday with six experts read more..

ATLANTA – 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. The research was based on an analysis of flight data from March and read more..

A Tri-City resident with swine flu is the first case in Benton or Franklin counties. The Benton-Franklin Health District says a sample from the patient was confirmed by the state Health Department lab. Since April there have been 86 people read more..

International experts have recommended children, pregnant women, the elderly and those with chronic diseases stay away from the annual hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia to prevent catching swine flu. The recommendations come at the end of a four-day read more..

A new report published on Monday shows the new strain of H1N1 flu followed the airline route map as it spread around the globe, Reuters reported. Researchers at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto found that the swine flu virus spread first and read more..

Security guard blocks journalists from photographing entrance of Gregorio Maranon Hospital in Madrid where woman died of swine flu, 30 Jun 2009 Spanish authorities say a pregnant 20-year-old woman has died from the H1N1 swine flu virus, becoming read more..

The H1N1 swine flu claimed its first Central Texas victim Monday. The Austin American-Statesman reported Monday that Pflugerville resident Ron Stowe, 49, died Saturday at Scott & Hospital in Temple. Stowe was diagnosed with H1N1 flu in mid-June in read more..

For the second time in two days, the death of a Suffolk resident has been linked to swine flu, the county health department said Tuesday. A resident of the Town of Smithtown between the ages of 45 and 55 is the fourth death in the county associated read more..

HAMILTON — A 15-year-old girl tested positive for swine flu today, June 30, becoming the third confirmed case of the novel H1N1 influenza virus in Butler County. The 15-year-old girl is among 104 confirmed swine flu cases in state, including a 13 read more..

LONDON, England (CNN) — Health experts are warning parents against holding “swine flu parties” in the hope of infecting their children with the H1N1 virus. Travelers take precautions against the H1N1 virus in Kuala Lumpur. Talk of swine flu parties read more..

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Children, pregnant women, the elderly and those with chronic diseases should stay away from the annual hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia to prevent catching swine flu, health experts recommended Tuesday. The recommendations come read more..

A fourth case of confirmed H1N1 virus, commonly known as swine flu, has been reported in Warren County. The Barren River District Health Department received confirmation from state health officials Monday that an 18-year-old male in Warren County has read more..

Four cases of swine flu are confirmed at a Derbyshire school and seven more pupils are being tested. read more..

A nine-year-old girl has died in Britain from the H1N1 virus, commonly known as swine flu, as authorities reported a jump in the number of cases in the country. read more..

Health experts are warning parents against holding “swine flu parties” in the hope of infecting their children with the H1N1 virus. read more..

A schoolgirl has become the third person with swine flu to die in Britain, officials said Monday, as the number of cases in the country jumped by more than 1,000. read more..

A third pupil at a County Down primary school tests positive for swine flu, the Department of Health confirms. read more..

Hawaii is reporting its first swine flu death. read more..

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. read more..

Canadian health officials expressed alarm Monday that the swine flu is affecting younger people hardest. read more..

A schoolgirl has become the third person with swine flu to die in Britain, officials said Monday, as the number of cases in the country jumped by more than 1,000. read more..

MONDAY, June 29 (HealthDay News) — With a worldwide pandemic under way and more than a million Americans sickened by the new swine flu, the special nature of this disease is becoming better understood. read more..

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. read more..

In a startling measure of just how widely a new disease can spread, researchers found that more than 2.3 million people flew from Mexico to more than 1,000 cities worldwide in March and April as the swine flu epidemic was unfolding. read more..

Swine flu patients in Mexico were young and many were healthy before developing severe infections, doctors reported on Monday. read more..

A nine-year-old girl has died in Britain from the H1N1 virus, commonly known as swine flu, as authorities reported a jump in the number of cases in the country. read more..

MONDAY, June 29 (HealthDay News) — Countries that received the most airline passengers from Mexico this spring were the most likely to see H1N1 swine flu infection, new research says. read more..

A SCHOOLGIRL has become Britain’s third swine flu victim, as it emerged the number of cases across the country has soared to almost 6,000. Health officials said 1,604 new cases of swine flu had been confirmed since Friday. In Scotland, the number of read more..

A hospital staff locks the gate at Sanglah hospital in Denpasar, Bali. Recent cases of H1N1 flu have raised concerns in Asian countries where H5N1 flu, or avian flu, is already entrenched. Indonesia’s first cases of the new H1N1 flu, known as swine read more..

LONDON – A 9-year-old girl infected with swine flu has died in Britain, the third swine flu fatality in the U.K., a hospital reported Monday. Birmingham Children’s Hospital said the girl who died Friday had other serious underlying health problems read more..

ATLANTA – 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. The resistance was seen in a patient in Denmark, who has read more..

ATLANTA – 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. The resistance was seen in a patient in Denmark, who has read more..

ZURICH/COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Scientists have established the first case of the new H1N1 influenza strain showing resistance to Tamiflu, the main antiviral flu drug, Danish officials and the manufacturer said on Monday. A pharmacist places boxes of read more..

LONDON – A British hospital says a 9-year-old girl has died from swine flu, the third fatality from the virus in the U.K. Birmingham Children’s Hospital said Monday the girl died on Friday and had other underlying health problems. It did not read more..

ZURICH/COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Scientists have established the first case of the new H1N1 influenza strain showing resistance to Tamiflu, the main antiviral flu drug, Danish officials and the manufacturer said on Monday. It was expected that the read more..

NHS West Midlands said the girl, who had other serious health problems, died on Friday evening. It is not known if flu contributed to her death. It was initially reported she was nine years old. Her death is the third swine-flu related fatality in read more..

A hospital staff locks the gate at Sanglah hospital in Denpasar, Bali. Recent cases of H1N1 flu have raised concerns in Asian countries where H5N1 flu, or avian flu, is already entrenched. Indonesia’s first cases of the new H1N1 flu, known as swine read more..

ATLANTA— 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. The research was based on an analysis of flight data from March and read more..

LONDON — A 9-year-old girl infected with swine flu has died in Britain, the third swine flu fatality in the U.K., a hospital reported Monday. Birmingham Children’s Hospital said the girl who died Friday had other serious underlying health read more..

NEW YORK – Long Island ’s Suffolk County has recorded a third death linked to Swine Flu. County health officials said Monday the victim, a Babylon man between the ages of 65 and 75, had an underlying medical condition. Suffolk Health Commissioner Dr read more..

MELBOURNE, Australia- Two Australian men with underlying medical conditions have died after contracting swine flu, health officials said Monday, while Thailand reported its third death related to the virus. read more..

As summer camps get underway in Massachusetts, many of them are taking extra precautions against swine flu. WBUR’s Monica Brady-Myerov reports. read more..

MELBOURNE, Australia – Two Australian men with underlying medical conditions have died after contracting swine flu, health officials said Monday, while Thailand reported… read more..

She has been kept in a ward specially created at the hospital for patients suspected to be suffering from swine flu. Doctors at the hospital have sent a sample of her throat swab to New Delhi for further tests. Hemant Desai, deputy commissioner in read more..

Multiple media outlets report that Redfearn Health Center executive director George Clay says the student reported mild flu-like symptoms on June 22. Clay says the student lives off-campus, was treated with Tamiflu and has fully recovered. Clay says read more..

The SunSaskatchewan marks 1st swine flu-related deathCTV.caREGINA — Saskatchewan has recorded its first swine flu-related death, provincial Health Ministry officials said Sunday. Dr. Moira McKinnon, the province’s chief medical officer of health read more..

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The U.S. government has given the go-ahead to a small, Connecticut-based pharmaceutical company to mass produce a swine flu vaccine that should be available in the early fall. However, the vaccine will most likely not be mass read more..

KANSAS CITY — Humans have it. Pigs don’t. At least not yet, and U.S. pork producers are doing everything they can to make sure that the new H1N1 virus, known around the world as the “swine flu,” stays out of their herds. “That is the biggest concern read more..

The Thai Health Ministry has confirmed 80 new cases of swine flu, most of them students in the capital, Bangkok. read more..

China’s Health Ministry says 60 more people have been confirmed to have swine flu, bringing the total on the mainland to 678 cases. read more..

An estimated 1 million people have been sickened by swine flu since the outbreak began in April, federal health officials said Friday. And there’s no sign of it slowing down, even as summer begins. read more..

VCU’s Student Health Center is investigating four possible cases of the swine flu. Four students who visited the Center have tested positive for “Influenza A”. Most “Influenza A” cases are cased by the H1N1 Virus, better known as swine flu. read more..

Scientists at the University of Queensland say they have developed a vaccine for swine flu. read more..