Public officials do their best to stay ahead of the H1N1 virus. Oct. 22, 2009— -- Since outbreaks of the so-called swine flu first made headlines in April, Americans have nervously anticipated ...

Evidence suggests that the global swine flu pandemic of 2009 began in central Mexico, according to research supported by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases of the National ...

(AP) -- Health experts say extraordinary measures against swine flu - most notably quarantines imposed by China, where entire planeloads of passengers were isolated if one traveler had symptoms - have ...

Over the weekend, health officials in Spain reportedly informed the World Health Organization (WHO) of a possible human case ...

A top CDC official says concern over the outbreaks has grown since Thursday. April 24, 2009— -- A top federal health official said the government's concern over the swine flu outbreaks in the ...

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 ...

China has detected eight people infected with mutated forms of the H1N1 flu virus, a health official said Wednesday, but flu drugs and vaccines still work against it. Flu viruses mutate easily, and ...

NEW YORK (AP) – The flu has further tightened its grip on the U.S. This season is now as bad as the swine flu epidemic nine years ago. A government report out Friday shows 1 of every 13 visits to the ...

The case has been reported to the World Health Organization – raising the spectre of the 2009 swine flu pandemic, when a similar virus spread rapidly around the world. The new infection involves the A ...

Health authorities in Spain confirmed to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) a human case of ...