About 600 schools have shut their doors already for a period of time this flu season due to an outbreak of the H1N1 virus. With the trend expected to continue, school closings will almost certainly ...

February 24, 2009 Patient zero is said to be a 6-month-old girl from northern Mexico, according to Celia Alpuche of the Institute of Epidemiological Diagnosis and Reference in Mexico City. (Cohen J.

May 1, 2009 — The US government's tentative plan to develop a stand-alone vaccine for the swine-origin H1N1 influenza virus could strain the nation's vaccine makers to the point of reducing production ...

Restrictions limiting the H1N1 flu vaccine to high-risk groups could be lifted in many U.S. states now that production of the ...

One of the biggest health concerns each winter is flu season. And the Centers for Disease Control says the flu is widespread in four southern states: Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. In some ...

When the state released its most recent report Friday on the flu situation in California, one number stood out as particularly alarming: 95 deaths. That's the total of deaths reported to the state ...

Profits from the H1N1 flu virus are nothing to sneeze at. Oct. 14, 2009— -- Americans are still debating whether to roll up their sleeves for a swine flu shot, but companies have already figured ...

In a report in the August 5 PLoS Pathogens, an international team of scientists shows that the recent pandemic-causing H1N1 flu virus used a new biochemical trick to spread efficiently in humans. The ...

A new look at the 2009 pandemic of H1N1 swine flu finds an unusual pattern — more people died in the Americas than in the rest of the world. What’s not clear is why. The study, originally started to ...

A novel 2009 influenza A (H1N1) virus is responsible for the first influenza pandemic in 41 years. A safe and effective vaccine is needed. A randomized, observer-blind, parallel-group trial evaluating ...

In April 2009, an outbreak of novel swine-origin influenza A (2009 H1N1 influenza) occurred at a high school in Queens, New York. We describe the outbreak and characterize the clinical and ...

Could your previous flu infection protect you from bird flu? Scientists find that immunity to 2009 H1N1 slashes the risk of severe H5N1 illness, even after close contact exposure. Study: Preexisting ...