Suspected swine flu is sweeping a traditional Eskimo whaling village on a remote Alaska island _ prompting an urgent medical mission to deliver help. More »
Suspected swine flu is sweeping a traditional Eskimo whaling village on a remote Alaska island _ prompting an urgent medical mission to deliver help. More »
The Saudi health minister said Saturday that the kingdom will not ban anyone considered high risk for swine flu from performing the hajj pilgrimage this year.
In Britain, there are no long lines of people seeking swine flu vaccine.
* 38 million doses have been made available to states
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 released Friday.
Milwaukee police have arrested a man accused of stealing a truck carrying 900 doses of swine flu vaccine.
Some of New York's biggest companies, including Wall Street giants Goldman Sachs and Citigroup, received doses of swine flu vaccine for at-risk employees, drawing criticism that the hard-to-find vaccine is going first to the privileged.
The World Health Organisation on Thursday urged people not to drop their guard over the swine flu pandemic and insisted on the value of vaccination despite the broadly mild symptoms of the virus.
The World Health Organization's flu chief said the swine flu virus has now become the predominant flu strain worldwide.
Swine flu has appeared among Venezuela's Yanomami Indians, one of the largest isolated indigenous groups in the Amazon, and a doctor said Wednesday that the virus is suspected in seven deaths, including six infants.
The White House says detainees at Guantanamo Bay are not yet receiving vaccinations against the swine flu.
A senior House lawmaker is asking Congress to guarantee paid sick leave to workers if their employer asks them to stay home with swine flu or a similar contagious illness.
WASHINGTON, Nov 3 (Reuters) - The White House denied on Tuesday that any H1N1 flu vaccine was going to terrorism suspects held at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba, heading off a controversy over swine flu prevention priorities.
State media say a 32-year-old Russian man has become the first foreigner to die from swine flu in mainland China.
* Further study confirms children need 2 doses of vaccine
A California nurses union says it won't strike after swine flu protections were written into new contracts with the state's largest hospital system.
A single dose of the swine flu vaccine works well for almost all pregnant women, but young children will still need two doses for best results, federal health officials said Monday.
Ukraine is in a panic about swine flu, with officials closing schools, imposing travel restrictions and limiting public gatherings.