Influenza News

Gov. Jim Doyle says he has not gotten vaccinated for swine flu and probably won't. Doyle said he hasn't gotten it because he's not in the target group of high-risk people health officials are urging to be vaccinated.

Several people walked away from an H1N1 flu clinic in Manchester Thursday because they didn't want toreceivethe swine flu vaccine via nasal spray, stateHealth CommissionerDr.

Suspected swine flu is sweeping a traditional Eskimo whaling village on a remote Alaska island -- prompting an urgent medical mission to deliver help.

More than 199 countries and overseas territories have reported lab-confirmed cases of A influenza as of November 1, resulting in more than 6000 deaths, according to figures released Friday by the World Health Organization .

The Iowa Department of Public Health Friday reported three additional H1N1-related deaths in Iowa.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Wednesday that pigs in a commercial herd in Indiana have tested positive for swine flu, making it the first time the virus has been found in such hogs.Photo by EPA/BGNES Household pets have become infected with the H1N1 flu, but the pandemic virus does not yet spread quickly among animals, the World Health ...

In Britain, there are no long lines of people seeking swine flu vaccine. Doctor's offices aren't swamped with desperate calls.

Only about a third of adults who have tried to get a swine flu vaccine have been able to get it, according to a new national poll.

The World Health Organization's flu chief says the swine flu virus is now the predominant flu strain worldwide.

A strain of the influenza A virus known as H3N8 is a highly contagious form of the flu that is able to cause respiratory illness in dogs.

Passengers wearing protective masks walk inside Mexico's city subway. Canadians should be prepared to hear about more swine flu deaths in the coming weeks as the H1N1 pandemic is showing no signs of slowing down, the country's top doctor warned Nov.

Some of New York Citya TMs largest employers a ' including Wall Street firms Goldman Sachs and Citigroup a ' have started receiving some doses of swine flu vaccine.

Millions of doses of H1N1 vaccine have already been administered, and so far, no unusual side-effects have been seen, reports The World Health Organization.

BASEL, Switzerland - Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis AG said Thursday it has received regulatory approval in Germany for a new swine flu vaccine produced using cell cultures instead of egg-based methods.

A boy gets his shot of swine flu vaccine at a Vancouver clinic Monday. The federal government is preparing to ship 1.8 million doses of the H1N1 vaccine to the provinces.

Fresno County is hosting a H1N1 flu vaccine clinic at the center, which is located at Shield and Blackstone.

A Greensboro hospital is pitching tents to battle the spread of the H1N1 virus. Two tents in the Moses Cone Hospital parking lot are the first stop for patients seeking treatment for flu symptoms.

The swine flu virus has been confirmed in a cat treated at the Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine.

Swine flu can cause severe disease in people of all ages and appears to pose a special threat to those who are obese, according to an analysis of H1N1 cases in California released on Tuesday.

Several North American dates on The Elton John/Billy Joel Face 2 Face concert tour are being rescheduled as John continues to battle the flu, promoters said.