The World Health Organization on Monday raised its pandemic alert level in response to the outbreak of swine flu that originated in Mexico. The move from level three to level four on the WHO's ...

It's a confounding question on the lips of disease detectives: Why have the only deaths from the swine flu outbreak happened in Mexico? Investigators also want to know why the disease has killed young ...

May 21 -- THURSDAY, May 21 (HealthDay News) -- Some older people may have partial immunity to the new H1N1 swine flu virus because of possible exposure to another H1N1 flu strain circulating prior to ...

Obama says outbreak could turn out to be just like annual winter flu outbreaks. May 1, 2009 — -- President Obama said today that while the United States is still preparing for the worst in the ...

Researchers at The Jackson Laboratory (JAX) may have just cracked one of medicine’s biggest challenges: how to stop influenza ...

U.S. health officials declared a public health emergency yesterday over the recent outbreak of swine flu. Currently, no cases have been identified in Tompkins County or at Cornell, according to Sharon ...

This is a curveball no batter could prepare for. The Hoftstra University women's softball team was awarded its regular-season NCAA conference title after rival the University of Delaware forfeited ...

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H3N2 is a type of influenza A virus responsible for seasonal outbreaks of flu. Although it may appear harmless 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 ...

Nineteen-year-old U.S. Army Pvt. David Lewis set out from Fort Dix on a 50-mile hike with his unit on Feb. 5, 1976. On that bitter cold day, he collapsed and died. Autopsy specimens unexpectedly ...