Influenza News

A study to identify any rare side effects of the swine flu vaccination is being launched by scientists in Dundee.

Santa Claus should avoid kissing children and shaking their hands to prevent spreading the flu and should get vaccinated against the illness, Hungary's state health authority said.

Britain's authority on etiquette says it's more hygienic to exchange kisses on the cheek than to shake hands a ' so the swine flu pandemic should not make people afraid of kissing under the mistletoe this holiday season.

Vaccines during pregnancy and breastfeeding Have you given any thought to protecting yourself and your baby against infectious diseases - like seasonal influenza and the H1N1 flu virus, an additional flu risk this year? It's important to consider vaccination part of your prenatal care.

The Canada Revenue Agency's pandemic-planning scenario explored the grim possibility of 65 deaths among its 45,000 employees, hundreds of workers hospitalized and thousands of others ill.

GENEVA a ' Nearly 5,000 people have reportedly died from swine flu since it emerged this year and developed into a global epidemic, the World Health Organization said Friday.

Pregnancy-related changes in your immune and respiratory systems mean that you are at higher risk for flu-related complications.

The county's six public health centers and one immunization clinic each received 200 doses of the injectable H1N1 vaccine to be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis.

More than one million antiviral doses have been drawn from the federal stockpile in recent months, and the number of prescriptions filled by Canadian retail drugstores for Tamiflu and Relenza, the ... As public health officials urge more rapid use of antivirals for H1N1, some experts worry the drugs could become over-prescribed for what is a ...

Though it first appeared last spring, it wasn't until winter arrived that the H1N1 flu started hitting large portions of the population.

Hundreds of people in Collin County seized a chance this weekend to get protection against the swine flu.

Epidemic experts say they are investigating the apparent spread of Tamiflu-resistant swine flu virus among four patients at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, N.C., and five in a hospital in Wales.

The Al-Hayat newspaper quoted the Health Ministry as saying the deaths were among pilgrims who came from outside Saudi Arabia.

The World Health Organisation said Friday that a mutation had been found in samples of the H1N1 flu virus taken following the first two deaths from the pandemic in Norway.

A 75 year-old man from the Topeka metropolitan area has died from the H1N1 influenza virus, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment announced Friday.

Treatment: Tamiflu helps fight swine flu but some patients have been diagnosed with a resistant strain A strain of swine flu resistant to Tamiflu has spread between patients in a British hospital.

The Texas health department is making a flu vaccine locator available on its Web site -- TexasFlu.org -- to help people find the vaccines for both seasonal flu and swine flu.

Some parts of the country are seeing a small decline in H1N1, as others, including Maine and Hawaii, see an increase.

Swine flu: Is the worst behind us? Nov. 20: New numbers on reported swine flu cases show the epidemic may have reached its peak in the U.S. NBC's Robert Bazell reports.

Canada's H1N1 flu vaccine manufacturer has asked the provinces to temporarily discontinue vaccinating Canadians from a lot of vaccine shipped in October due to a higher risk of adverse reactions, says a Manitoba health official.