The World Health Organization on Saturday reported 3,440 confirmed cases of swine flu in 29 countries, with 48 deaths from the sickness. The virus, also called H1N1, has spread as Australia reported ...

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 ...

Tips to protect yourself and your family from the unique viral strain. April 26, 2009— -- As U.S. officials warn of the spread in swine flu cases across the country, there are a number of steps ...

H5N1 avian influenza has long been a concerning virus. Since its discovery in 1996 in waterfowl, bird flu has occasionally caused isolated human cases that have quite often been fatal. But last year ...

GENEVA — Health experts are looking very closely at the spread of swine flu among people in Spain, Britain and Japan, a World Health Organization official said Sunday as confirmed cases in Japan ...

Imagine this: What’s faster than a cough in a crowded elevator but slower than a congressional hearing? It’s pandemic protocols. Mexico found its first H1N1 case on March 18, 2009. But the World ...

As the virus continues to spread globally, officials step up response. May 2, 2009— -- Though the Mexican government said there were no reports of swine flu deaths overnight, U.S. officials ...

Efforts to legislate mandatory sick leave have been pushed aside by the health care overhaul debate at the same time swine flu experts are urging people who are sick to stay home. On Capitol Hill, ...

Public health researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health used computer modeling to reconstruct how ...