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 ...

The number of Australian cases of the virus, commonly known as swine flu, has reached more than 1,200, with state and federal medical officers set to hold an emergency meeting in ...

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 ...

A private firm is providing updates on the swine flu outbreak in Mexico to U.S. health agencies and the public. Veratect provided "the very first alerts I received regarding this swine flu epidemic, ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The swine flu pandemic of 2009 killed an estimated 284,500 people, some 15 times the number confirmed by laboratory tests at the time, according to a new study by an international ...

The first study of U.S. health care workers with swine flu found that many didn't do enough to protect themselves against the virus. Researchers focused on 13 nurses and other health care workers who ...

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 ...

Swine Flu In The U.S. Number of laboratory-confirmed cases of human swine flu in the U.S. as of 12:30 p.m. ET, Apr. 26.: Governments are racing to find and contain pockets of swine flu around the ...

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 ...

Q:I was in the military in 1976 when we were required to get a swine-flu vaccine. But now I hear that there is a new swine-flu vaccine. If I was vaccinated back then, am I protected from the current ...